bombastisch
German, adjective/bɔmˈbastɪʃ/
bombastisch is spelled B-O-M-B-A-S-T-I-S-C-H (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 69,095th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bombastisch is a German adjective meaning “bombastic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schwülstig, hochtrabend”.
What does bombastisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bombastic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. schwülstig, hochtrabend 2. viel mehr als durchschnittlich
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 bombastisch
- bombastischer masculine nominative singular
- am bombastischsten superlative
- bombastische feminine nominative singular
- bombastisches neuter nominative singular
- bombastischen genitive masculine singular
- bombastischem dative masculine singular
- der bombastische definite includes-article masculine
- die bombastische definite feminine includes-article
- das bombastische definite includes-article neuter
- die bombastischen definite includes-article nominative
- des bombastischen definite genitive includes-article
- der bombastischen definite feminine genitive
- dem bombastischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bombastisch?
- /bɔmˈbastɪʃ/
- [bɔmˈbastɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bombastisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bombastisch in German?
bombastisch appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).