Tochter
German, noun
Tochter is spelled T-O-C-H-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears 120 times per million words in written German, the 726th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tochter is a German feminine noun meaning “daughter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Töchter is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Tochter”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “weiblicher, direkter Nachkomme, direkte Nachkommin”.
What does Tochter mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedaughter
- 2
femininesubsidiary (company)
noun
- 1
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Tochter
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. weiblicher, direkter Nachkomme, direkte Nachkommin 2. Kurzform für Tochtergesellschaft: eine Gesellschaft, deren Mehrheitseigner eine andere Gesellschaft ist; häufig nicht alleine stehend, sondern in Kombination mit dem Namen (XYZ) der Muttergesellschaft (XYZ-Tochter)
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 Tochter
- Töchter plural
- Töchterchen diminutive neuter
- Töchterlein diminutive neuter
- Töchterl diminutive neuter
- Töchtern dative definite plural
- Sohn masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Tochter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tochter in German?
Tochter appears 120 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).