Neuter
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Mädchen

Meaning

  1. (neuter,strong) girl
  2. (neuter,strong) maiden

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Fribourg

Fribourg

miitli

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kääfer

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

katz

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

maitli

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schaab

Fribourg

Fribourg

meitli

Fribourg

Fribourg

mìitlì

Lucerne

Lucerne

meitschi

Lucerne

Lucerne

meitali

Lucerne

Lucerne

meitli

Lucerne

Lucerne

gomsle

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gryte

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

möatalì

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmɛːtçən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German magedichīn, meidichīn, from Old High German *magadihhīn or calqued from Middle Low German mēgedeken, megedekīn, both from Proto-West Germanic *magaþukīn. Equivalent to Magd + -chen.

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