Turteltäubchen
German, noun[ˈtʊʁtl̩ˌtɔɪ̯pçən]
Turteltäubchen is spelled T-U-R-T-E-L-T-Ä-U-B-C-H-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 156,943rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Turteltäubchen is a German neuter noun meaning “diminutive of Turteltaube” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Diminutiv von Turteltaube (Streptopelia turtur)”.
What does Turteltäubchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdiminutive of Turteltaube
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Diminutiv von Turteltaube (Streptopelia turtur) 2. verliebtes Paar, das seine Liebe in der Öffentlichkeit zeigt, beispielsweise durch Blicke, Berührungen, Neckereien
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 Turteltäubchen
- Turteltäubchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Turteltäubchen?
- [ˈtʊʁtl̩ˌtɔɪ̯pçən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Turteltäubchen in German?
Turteltäubchen appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).