bestialisch
German, adjective/bɛsˈti̯aːlɪʃ/
bestialisch is spelled B-E-S-T-I-A-L-I-S-C-H (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 80,178th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bestialisch is a German adjective meaning “atrocious, gruesome, depraved, very cruel and inhumane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Art und Weise einer Bestie, wie ein Tier”.
What does bestialisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
atrocious, gruesome, depraved, very cruel and inhumane
ein bestialischer Mord
- 2
archaicbestial, beastly, animal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in der Art und Weise einer Bestie, wie ein Tier 2. grausam, wütend, unerträglich
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 bestialisch
- bestialischer masculine nominative singular
- am bestialischsten superlative
- bestialische feminine nominative singular
- bestialisches neuter nominative singular
- bestialischen genitive masculine singular
- bestialischem dative masculine singular
- der bestialische definite includes-article masculine
- die bestialische definite feminine includes-article
- das bestialische definite includes-article neuter
- die bestialischen definite includes-article nominative
- des bestialischen definite genitive includes-article
- der bestialischen definite feminine genitive
- dem bestialischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bestialisch?
- /bɛsˈti̯aːlɪʃ/
- [bɛsˈti̯aːlɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bestialisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bestialisch in German?
bestialisch 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).