tragisch
German, adjective/ˈtʁaːɡɪʃ/
tragisch is a German adjective meaning “tragic (causing great sadness)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unausweichlich eine schlimme Entwicklung nehmend”.
What does tragisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tragic (causing great sadness)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. unausweichlich eine schlimme Entwicklung nehmend 2. beim Beobachter, Zeugen Mitleid erregend 3. zur Tragödie gehörend, mit Bezug auf eine einzelne Tragödie oder die dramatische Gattung Tragödie
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 tragisch
- tragischer masculine nominative singular
- am tragischsten superlative
- tragische feminine nominative singular
- tragisches neuter nominative singular
- tragischen genitive masculine singular
- tragischem dative masculine singular
- der tragische definite includes-article masculine
- die tragische definite feminine includes-article
- das tragische definite includes-article neuter
- die tragischen definite includes-article nominative
- des tragischen definite genitive includes-article
- der tragischen definite feminine genitive
- dem tragischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tragisch?
- /ˈtʁaːɡɪʃ/
- [ˈtʁaːɡɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tragisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tragisch in German?
tragisch appears 4.9 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).