Wanze
German, noun/ˈvantsə/
Wanze is spelled W-A-N-Z-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wanze is a German feminine noun meaning “a heteropteran; an insect of the suborder Heteroptera, a bug (in the strictest sense)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Unterordnung der Insekten innerhalb der Schnabelkerfen”.
What does Wanze mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea heteropteran; an insect of the suborder Heteroptera, a bug (in the strictest sense)
- 2
femininebug, wire, wiretap
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Unterordnung der Insekten innerhalb der Schnabelkerfen 2. kleines Abhörmikrofon, oft von Spionen verwendet 3. für einen lästigen, schmarotzenden Menschen
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 Wanze
- Wanzen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wanze?
- /ˈvantsə/
- [ˈvant͡sə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wanze
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wanze in German?
Wanze appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).