Wattestäbchen
German, noun[ˈvatəˌʃtɛːpçən]
Wattestäbchen is spelled W-A-T-T-E-S-T-Ä-B-C-H-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 67,080th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wattestäbchen is a German neuter noun meaning “cotton swab” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein kurzer Stab, dessen eines oder beide Enden mit Watte umwickelt sind”.
What does Wattestäbchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutercotton swab
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein kurzer Stab, dessen eines oder beide Enden mit Watte umwickelt sind
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 Wattestäbchen
- Wattestäbchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wattestäbchen?
- [ˈvatəˌʃtɛːpçən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wattestäbchen in German?
Wattestäbchen 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).