Tomboy
German, noun/ˈtɔmbɔɪ̯/
Tomboy is spelled T-O-M-B-O-Y (6 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 241,486th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tomboy is a German masculine noun meaning “A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wildes, lebhaftes Mädchen, das sich verhält, wie es typischerweise von Jungen erwartet wird”.
What does Tomboy mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineA girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.
Sie war ein richtiger Tomboy und musste auf jeden Baum klettern.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. wildes, lebhaftes Mädchen, das sich verhält, wie es typischerweise von Jungen erwartet wird
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 Tomboy
- Tomboys genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tomboy?
- /ˈtɔmbɔɪ̯/
- [ˈtɔmbɔɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tomboy
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tomboy in German?
Tomboy appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).