achtsam
German, adjective/ˈaxtˌzaːm/
achtsam is spelled A-C-H-T-S-A-M (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 51,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Achtsam is a German adjective meaning “mindful, careful, wary, heedful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Geschehnisse mit erhöhter Aufmerksamkeit verfolgend”.
What does achtsam mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mindful, careful, wary, heedful
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Geschehnisse mit erhöhter Aufmerksamkeit verfolgend 2. etwas mit großer Sorgfalt ausübend
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 achtsam
- achtsamer masculine nominative singular
- am achtsamsten superlative
- achtsame feminine nominative singular
- achtsames neuter nominative singular
- achtsamen genitive masculine singular
- achtsamem dative masculine singular
- der achtsame definite includes-article masculine
- die achtsame definite feminine includes-article
- das achtsame definite includes-article neuter
- die achtsamen definite includes-article nominative
- des achtsamen definite genitive includes-article
- der achtsamen definite feminine genitive
- dem achtsamen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce achtsam?
- /ˈaxtˌzaːm/
- /ˈaxtˌzam/
- [ˈaxtˌzaːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to achtsam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is achtsam in German?
achtsam appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).