natch
/næt͡ʃ/adverb, noun
natch is an adverb meaning “Naturally; of course” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled N-A-T-C-H, and it appears about once in every 7 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does natch mean?
adverb
- 1
colloquialNaturally; of course.
The Queen was seen wearing a hat when she visited Ascot, natch.
noun
- 1
The rump of beef, especially the lower and back part of the rump.
- 2
A notch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce natch?
- /næt͡ʃ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-natch.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of natch
- natches plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is natch?
Natch appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 79,518th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Natch in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense naturally:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ben ouais |
| German | na klar |
| Spanish | naturalmente, por supuesto |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does natch come from?
Clipping of naturally, originally US.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).