altpersisch
German, adjective[ˈaltˌpɛʁzɪʃ]
altpersisch is spelled A-L-T-P-E-R-S-I-S-C-H (11 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written German, the 610,218th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altpersisch is a German adjective meaning “Old Persian (related to the Old Persian language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Altpersische betreffend”.
What does altpersisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Old Persian (related to the Old Persian language)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. älteste Sprachstufe des Persischen
adjective: 1. das Altpersische betreffend 2. das antike Persien betreffend
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 altpersisch
- altpersischer masculine nominative singular
- am altpersischsten superlative
- altpersische feminine nominative singular
- altpersisches neuter nominative singular
- altpersischen genitive masculine singular
- altpersischem dative masculine singular
- der altpersische definite includes-article masculine
- die altpersische definite feminine includes-article
- das altpersische definite includes-article neuter
- die altpersischen definite includes-article nominative
- des altpersischen definite genitive includes-article
- der altpersischen definite feminine genitive
- dem altpersischen dative definite includes-article
- peo abbreviation
- (das) Altpersisch nominative singular
- das Altpersische nominative singular
- (des) Altpersisch genitive singular
- (des) Altpersischs genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce altpersisch?
- [ˈaltˌpɛʁzɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is altpersisch in German?
altpersisch appears about once in every 93 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).