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athletisch

German, adjective[atˈleːtɪʃ]

athletisch is spelled A-T-H-L-E-T-I-S-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 78,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Athletisch is a German adjective meaning “athletic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sportlich, kräftig und muskulös (in der Regel eine Beschreibung eines Mannes)”.

What does athletisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    athletic

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. sportlich, kräftig und muskulös (in der Regel eine Beschreibung eines Mannes) 2. schnell, sehr körperbetont

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 athletisch

  • athletischer masculine nominative singular
  • am athletischsten superlative
  • athletische feminine nominative singular
  • athletisches neuter nominative singular
  • athletischen genitive masculine singular
  • athletischem dative masculine singular
  • der athletische definite includes-article masculine
  • die athletische definite feminine includes-article
  • das athletische definite includes-article neuter
  • die athletischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des athletischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der athletischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem athletischen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce athletisch?

  • [atˈleːtɪʃ]

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

English words that translate to athletisch

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

How common is athletisch in German?

athletisch appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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