welschen
German, adjective[ˈvɛlʃn̩]
welschen is a German masculine adjective meaning “strong genitive masculine/neuter singular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does welschen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in einer unverständlichen Sprache reden, undeutlich oder unverständlich reden 2. in seiner Sprache viele überflüssige Fremdwörter gebrauchen
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 welschen
- welsche present
- welschst present
- welscht present
- welschte past
- welsche! imperative singular
- welscht! imperative plural
- gewelscht participle-2 perfect
- haben auxiliary perfect
- gewelscht haben active infinitive perfect
- gewelscht werden processual-passive infinitive present
- gewelscht worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- gewelscht sein statal-passive infinitive present
- gewelscht gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
- zu welschen active extended infinitive
- gewelscht zu haben active extended infinitive
- gewelscht zu werden processual-passive extended infinitive
- gewelscht worden zu sein processual-passive extended infinitive
- gewelscht zu sein statal-passive extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce welschen?
- [ˈvɛlʃn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is welschen in German?
welschen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).