Wagnis
German, noun/ˈvaːknɪs/
Wagnis is a German neuter noun meaning “risky adventure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sachverhalt, der mit Gefahren und eine Handlung, die mit einem bewusst eingegangenen Risiko verbunden ist”.
What does Wagnis mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterrisky adventure
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sachverhalt, der mit Gefahren und eine Handlung, die mit einem bewusst eingegangenen Risiko verbunden ist
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 Wagnis
- Wagnisses genitive
- Wagnisse plural
- Wagnissen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wagnis?
- /ˈvaːknɪs/
- [ˈvaːknɪs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wagnis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wagnis in German?
Wagnis appears 1.1 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).