Wicht
German, noun
Wicht is spelled W-I-C-H-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 42,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wicht is a German masculine noun meaning “alternative form of Wichte (“specific weight”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, wicht is a different word: “second-person plural preterite of weichen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleine Sagengestalt, die gute Dinge verrichtet”.
What does Wicht mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterobsoletea small creature, particularly a goblin, sprite, leprechaun, kobold
- 2
derogatorymasculineneuterobsoletea cheeky one; a rascal
- 3
masculineneuterobsoleteone who is mean but unimportant
- 4
derogatorymasculineneuterobsoletedwarf, little man
noun
- 1
archaicneutera child or young person, chiefly and in some regions exclusively: a girl
noun
- 1
datedfemininerarealternative form of Wichte (“specific weight”)
verb
- 1
second-person plural preterite of weichen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleine Sagengestalt, die gute Dinge verrichtet 2. kleines Kind 3. bemitleidenswerte, schwache Person 4. Schuft, gemeiner Kerl
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 Wicht
- Wichts genitive
- Wichtes genitive
- Wichte plural
- Wichter archaic plural
- Wichtchen diminutive neuter
- Wichtlein diminutive neuter
- Wichten dative definite plural
- Wichtern dative definite plural
- Wechte alternative
- Wucht alternative
- Wichtel diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Wicht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wicht in German?
Wicht appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).