Besserwessi
German, noun/ˈbɛsɐˌvɛsiː/
Besserwessi is spelled B-E-S-S-E-R-W-E-S-S-I (11 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written German, the 557,474th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Besserwessi is a German masculine noun meaning “arrogant or pretentious Wessi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Westdeutscher, der Ostdeutschen gegenüber ein arrogantes, besserwisserisches Verhalten an den Tag legt”.
What does Besserwessi mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedderogatoryinformalmasculinearrogant or pretentious Wessi
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Westdeutscher, der Ostdeutschen gegenüber ein arrogantes, besserwisserisches Verhalten an den Tag legt
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 Besserwessi
- Besserwessis genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Besserwessi?
- /ˈbɛsɐˌvɛsiː/
- [ˈbɛsɐˌvɛsiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Besserwessi in German?
Besserwessi appears about once in every 79 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).