Wangenkuss
German, noun/ˈvaŋənˌkʊs/
Wangenkuss is spelled W-A-N-G-E-N-K-U-S-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written German, the 381,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wangenkuss is a German masculine noun meaning “kiss on the cheek” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kuss auf eine Wange/die Wangen”.
What does Wangenkuss mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekiss on the cheek
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kuss auf eine Wange/die Wangen
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 Wangenkuss
- Wangenkusses genitive
- Wangenküsse plural
- Wangenkusse dative singular
- Wangenküssen dative definite plural
- Wangenkuß obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wangenkuss?
- /ˈvaŋənˌkʊs/
- [ˈvaŋənˌkʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wangenkuss in German?
Wangenkuss appears about once in every 41 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).