bösartig
German, adjective[ˈbøːsˌʔaːɐ̯tɪç]
bösartig is spelled B-Ö-S-A-R-T-I-G (8 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bösartig is a German adjective meaning “malicious; vicious; malevolent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “böse, schlecht geartet”.
What does bösartig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
malicious; vicious; malevolent
- 2
pernicious; virulent
- 3
malignant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. böse, schlecht geartet
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 bösartig
- bösartiger masculine nominative singular
- am bösartigsten superlative
- bösartige feminine nominative singular
- bösartiges neuter nominative singular
- bösartigen genitive masculine singular
- bösartigem dative masculine singular
- der bösartige definite includes-article masculine
- die bösartige definite feminine includes-article
- das bösartige definite includes-article neuter
- die bösartigen definite includes-article nominative
- des bösartigen definite genitive includes-article
- der bösartigen definite feminine genitive
- dem bösartigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bösartig?
- [ˈbøːsˌʔaːɐ̯tɪç]
- [-ˌʔaːɐ̯tɪk]
- [ˈbøːsˌʔaːɐ̯tɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bösartig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bösartig in German?
bösartig appears 1.4 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).