Städtchen
German, noun[ˈʃtɛtçən]
Städtchen is spelled S-T-Ä-D-T-C-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written German, the 16,674th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Städtchen is a German neuter noun meaning “diminutive of Stadt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleine Stadt”.
What does Städtchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdiminutive of Stadt
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleine Stadt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Städtchen
- Städtchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Städtchen?
- [ˈʃtɛtçən]
- [ˈʃtɛːtçən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Städtchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Städtchen in German?
Städtchen appears 3.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).