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arrogant

German, adjective/aʁoˈɡant/

arrogant is a German adjective meaning “arrogant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “überheblich und genüsslich seine vermeintlich besseren Einflüsse oder Fähigkeiten zeigend; selbstgefällig”.

What does arrogant mean in English?

adjective

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    arrogant

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. überheblich und genüsslich seine vermeintlich besseren Einflüsse oder Fähigkeiten zeigend; selbstgefällig

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 arrogant

  • arroganter masculine nominative singular
  • am arrogantesten superlative
  • arrogante feminine nominative singular
  • arrogantes neuter nominative singular
  • arroganten genitive masculine singular
  • arrogantem dative masculine singular
  • der arrogante definite includes-article masculine
  • die arrogante definite feminine includes-article
  • das arrogante definite includes-article neuter
  • die arroganten definite includes-article nominative
  • des arroganten definite genitive includes-article
  • der arroganten definite feminine genitive
  • dem arroganten dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce arrogant?

  • /aʁoˈɡant/
  • [aʁoˈɡant]

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

English words that translate to arrogant

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

How common is arrogant in German?

arrogant appears 4.5 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).