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Woche

German, noun/ˈvɔxə/

Woche is spelled W-O-C-H-E (5 letters) and appears 240 times per million words in written German, the 366th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Woche is a German feminine noun meaning “week (period of seven days counting from Monday to Sunday, or from Sunday to Saturday)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “7-tägiger Zeitraum”.

What does Woche mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineweek (period of seven days counting from Monday to Sunday, or from Sunday to Saturday)

    ab nächster Woche

  2. 2

    feminineweek (any period of seven consecutive days)

    schon seit einer Woche

  3. 3

    feminineweek; weekdays (those days of a given week on which most people work)

    unter der Woche

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. 7-tägiger Zeitraum 2. Wochenbett, Zeitspanne vom Ende der Entbindung (Geburt) bis zur Rückbildung der schwangerschafts- und geburtsbedingten Veränderungen

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 Woche

  • Wochen plural
  • Wöchlein diminutive neuter
  • Wöchelchen diminutive neuter

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Woche?

  • /ˈvɔxə/
  • [ˈvɔxə]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Woche

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Woche in German?

Woche appears 240 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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