Bakschisch
German, noun/ˈbakʃɪʃ/
Bakschisch is spelled B-A-K-S-C-H-I-S-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 205,761st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bakschisch is a German neuter noun meaning “baksheesh (bribe or tip paid to speed up services in the Middle East an SW Asia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(geringe) Geldsumme, die jemandem gegeben wird, zum Beispiel als Almosen beziehungsweise Trinkgeld, oder auch…”.
What does Bakschisch mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterbaksheesh (bribe or tip paid to speed up services in the Middle East an SW Asia)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (geringe) Geldsumme, die jemandem gegeben wird, zum Beispiel als Almosen beziehungsweise Trinkgeld, oder auch für eine erwiesene Gefälligkeit
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 Bakschisch
- Bakschisches genitive
- Bakschischs genitive
- Bakschische plural
- Bakschischen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bakschisch?
- /ˈbakʃɪʃ/
- [ˈbakʃɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bakschisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bakschisch in German?
Bakschisch appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).