Tacken
German, noun/ˈtakən/
Tacken is spelled T-A-C-K-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 98,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tacken is a German masculine noun meaning “A bit, a tad, a degree, a level (in the context of “more” and “less”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mark, Euro, Geld, beziehungsweise Geldstücke oder Münzen”.
What does Tacken mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineA bit, a tad, a degree, a level (in the context of “more” and “less”)
Kannste die Heizung ’n Tacken aufdrehen?
- 2
colloquialmasculinequid, bucks (a term for money)
Dat kost’ 20 Tacken.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mark, Euro, Geld, beziehungsweise Geldstücke oder Münzen
noun: 1. geringes Maß
verb: 1. mehrfach hintereinander ein kurzes, hartes Geräusch machen
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 Tacken
- Tackens genitive
- Tacke alternative
- tacke present
- tackst present
- tackt present
- tackte past
- tack! imperative singular
- tacke! imperative singular
- tackt! imperative plural
- getackt participle-2 perfect
- haben auxiliary perfect
- getackt haben active infinitive perfect
- zu tacken active extended infinitive
- getackt zu haben active extended infinitive
- tackend participle present active
- habe getackt! imperative uncommon second-person
- habt getackt! imperative uncommon second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tacken?
- /ˈtakən/
- [ˈtʰakʰ(ə)n]
- [ˈtʰa.ʔŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Tacken in German?
Tacken appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).