Bösewicht
German, noun/ˈbøːzəˌvɪçt/
Bösewicht is spelled B-Ö-S-E-W-I-C-H-T (9 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,305th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bösewicht is a German masculine noun meaning “villain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der Böses, Verbrecherisches tut”.
What does Bösewicht mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevillain
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der Böses, Verbrecherisches tut 2. Schelm, Schlingel
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 Bösewicht
- Bösewichtes genitive
- Bösewichts genitive
- Bösewichte plural
- Bösewichter plural
- Bösewichtchen diminutive neuter
- Bösewichtlein diminutive neuter
- Bösewichtin feminine
- Bösewichten dative definite plural
- Bösewichtern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bösewicht?
- /ˈbøːzəˌvɪçt/
- [ˈbøːzəˌvɪçt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bösewicht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bösewicht in German?
Bösewicht appears 2.2 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).