boshaft
German, adjective/ˈboːshaft/
boshaft is spelled B-O-S-H-A-F-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 58,632nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boshaft is a German adjective meaning “malicious, evil, mean (willing to do harm to others for base reasons)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit böser Absicht; mit der Absicht, anderen zu schaden”.
What does boshaft mean in English?
adjective
- 1
malicious, evil, mean (willing to do harm to others for base reasons)
- 2
indicative of such a character
boshaft lachen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit böser Absicht; mit der Absicht, anderen zu schaden 2. mit grundlegend bösem Charakter 3. mit großem Spott
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 boshaft
- boshafter masculine nominative singular
- am boshaftesten superlative
- boshafte feminine nominative singular
- boshaftes neuter nominative singular
- boshaften genitive masculine singular
- boshaftem dative masculine singular
- der boshafte definite includes-article masculine
- die boshafte definite feminine includes-article
- das boshafte definite includes-article neuter
- die boshaften definite includes-article nominative
- des boshaften definite genitive includes-article
- der boshaften definite feminine genitive
- dem boshaften dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boshaft?
- /ˈboːshaft/
- [ˈboːshaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to boshaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boshaft in German?
boshaft 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).