barbarisch
German, adjective/baʁˈbaːʁɪʃ/
barbarisch is spelled B-A-R-B-A-R-I-S-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 50,363rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barbarisch is a German adjective meaning “barbaric, barbarian, barbarous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “hemmungslos grausam”.
What does barbarisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
barbaric, barbarian, barbarous
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. hemmungslos grausam 2. kulturelle/zivilisatorische Grenzen verletzend 3. alles Maß sprengend 4. die Barbaren betreffend, auf die Barbaren bezogen, nach Art der Barbaren
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 barbarisch
- barbarischer masculine nominative singular
- am barbarischsten superlative
- barbarische feminine nominative singular
- barbarisches neuter nominative singular
- barbarischen genitive masculine singular
- barbarischem dative masculine singular
- der barbarische definite includes-article masculine
- die barbarische definite feminine includes-article
- das barbarische definite includes-article neuter
- die barbarischen definite includes-article nominative
- des barbarischen definite genitive includes-article
- der barbarischen definite feminine genitive
- dem barbarischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barbarisch?
- /baʁˈbaːʁɪʃ/
- [baʁˈbaːʁɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barbarisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barbarisch in German?
barbarisch appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).