betrügerisch
German, adjective/bəˈtʁyːɡəʁɪʃ/
betrügerisch is spelled B-E-T-R-Ü-G-E-R-I-S-C-H (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Betrügerisch is a German adjective meaning “fraudulent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit der Absicht, sich einen unerlaubten Vorteil/Gewinn zu verschaffen, einen Betrug zu begehen”.
What does betrügerisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fraudulent
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit der Absicht, sich einen unerlaubten Vorteil/Gewinn zu verschaffen, einen Betrug zu begehen
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 betrügerisch
- betrügerischer masculine nominative singular
- am betrügerischsten superlative
- betrügerische feminine nominative singular
- betrügerisches neuter nominative singular
- betrügerischen genitive masculine singular
- betrügerischem dative masculine singular
- der betrügerische definite includes-article masculine
- die betrügerische definite feminine includes-article
- das betrügerische definite includes-article neuter
- die betrügerischen definite includes-article nominative
- des betrügerischen definite genitive includes-article
- der betrügerischen definite feminine genitive
- dem betrügerischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce betrügerisch?
- /bəˈtʁyːɡəʁɪʃ/
- [bəˈtʁyːɡəʁɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to betrügerisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is betrügerisch in German?
betrügerisch appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).