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apophatisch

German, adjective[apoˈfaːtɪʃ]

apophatisch is a German adjective meaning “apophatic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unsagbar, unaussprechlich”.

What does apophatisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    apophatic

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. unsagbar, unaussprechlich

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 apophatisch

  • apophatischer masculine nominative singular
  • apophatische feminine nominative singular
  • apophatisches neuter nominative singular
  • apophatischen genitive masculine singular
  • apophatischem dative masculine singular
  • der apophatische definite includes-article masculine
  • die apophatische definite feminine includes-article
  • das apophatische definite includes-article neuter
  • die apophatischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des apophatischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der apophatischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem apophatischen dative definite includes-article
  • den apophatischen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce apophatisch?

  • [apoˈfaːtɪʃ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to apophatisch

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.