Bastard
German, noun/ˈbastart/
Bastard is spelled B-A-S-T-A-R-D (7 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written German, the 11,837th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bastard is a German masculine noun meaning “bastard (person born to unmarried parents)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “uneheliches Kind, besonders eines gesellschaftlich hoch gestellten Vaters und einer Mutter aus niedrigerem…”.
What does Bastard mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinebastard (person born to unmarried parents)
- 2
derogatorymasculinebastard; mongrel (person born to parents considered incongruous in class, race, etc.; male or unspecified sex)
- 3
masculinecrossbreed, hybrid, mongrel (male or of unspecified gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. uneheliches Kind, besonders eines gesellschaftlich hoch gestellten Vaters und einer Mutter aus niedrigerem Stand 2. verabscheuter Mensch beziehungsweise Mistkerl 3. durch Rassen- oder Artenkreuzung entstandenes Tier oder entstandene Pflanze 4. Hund^([1]) ohne Stammbaum, Promenadenmischung
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 Bastard
- Bastards genitive
- Bastardes genitive
- Bastarde plural
- Bastardin feminine
- Bastarden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bastard?
- /ˈbastart/
- [ˈbastaʁt]
- [-taɐ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bastard
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bastard in German?
Bastard appears 5.2 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).