Wunsch
German, noun
Wunsch is spelled W-U-N-S-C-H (6 letters) and appears 55 times per million words in written German, the 1,550th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wunsch is a German masculine noun meaning “wish (an act of wishing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, wünsch is a different word: “first-person singular indicative active”. On this page, Wünsch' is a different word: “nominative/genitive/accusative plural of Wunsch; alternative form of…”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Ersehnen von etwas”.
What does Wunsch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewish (an act of wishing)
- 2
masculinewish (that which one wishes)
verb
- 1
first-person singular indicative active
- 2
singular imperative
noun
- 1
nominative/genitive/accusative plural of Wunsch; alternative form of Wünsche
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Ersehnen von etwas 2. etwas, das jemandem gewünscht wird
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 Wunsch
- Wunsches genitive
- Wunschs genitive
- Wünsche plural
- Wünschlein diminutive neuter
- Wunsche dative singular
- Wünschen dative definite plural
- Wünsch alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Wunsch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wunsch in German?
Wunsch appears 55 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).