Mädchenn.
/ˈmeɪdhjən/, /ˈmeɪdʃən/, U.S. /ˈmeɪdhjən/, /ˈmeɪdʃən/ In Germany and other German-speaking areas: a girl.
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the world > people > person > child > girl > [noun]
maiden-childeOE
maidenOE
maidc1275
maid-childc1275
wenchc1290
thernec1300
lassc1325
maidenkinc1330
child-womana1382
girlc1400
pucelle1439
maidkin1440
mawther1440
mop1466
woman-child?1515
bonnea1529
urchina1535
kinchin-mort1567
dandiprat1582
prill1587
sluta1592
little girl1603
maggie1603
tendril1603
squall1607
childa1616
filly1616
vriester1652
miss1668
gilpie1720
lassie1725
laddess1768
jeune fillea1777
bitch1785
girly?1786
gal1795
ladyling1807
missikin1815
colleen1828
girleen1833
snowdrop1833
pinafore1836
chica1843
fillette1847
charity-girl1848
urchiness1852
Mädchen1854
gel1857
pusill1884
backfisch1888
girly-girly1888
cliner1895
tittie1918
weeny1929
bobby-soxer1944
1827 M. Wilmot Jrnl. 28 June in More Lett. (1935) 264 We travel post in our close carriage, leaving Mrs Baynon to follow in the little green calash with Julia the stuben Mädchen and Nanny the Koechin.]
1854 C. M. Yonge Heartsease II. iii. vii. 212 Is he not a hero, equal to his hoch-beseeltes Mädchen?... I cannot doubt who the mädchen is.
1892 E. Dowson Let. c13 Feb. (1967) 224 And for das Mädchen—she has never been more intimately charming.
1982 N.Y. Times 7 Nov. ii. 5/2 Merely putting that idea in the mouth of a mindless blond madchen does not convey the horror of what Taylor attempted to portray.
1989 Boston Globe 13 Aug. Sports 68/1 Look out for the East German madchen to dominate this week's European swimming championships.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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