Switch
German, noun/svɪt͡ʃ/
Switch is spelled S-W-I-T-C-H (6 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written German, the 11,404th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Switch is a German masculine noun meaning “switch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Gerät, mit dem mehrere Geräte verbunden werden können”.
What does Switch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineswitch
noun
- 1
feminineellipsis of Nintendo Switch
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Gerät, mit dem mehrere Geräte verbunden werden können
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 Switch
- Switchs genitive
- Switches genitive
- Switchen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Switch?
- /svɪt͡ʃ/
- [svɪt͡ʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Switch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Switch in German?
Switch appears 5.5 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).