Bosheit
German, noun/ˈboːshaɪ̯t/
Bosheit is spelled B-O-S-H-E-I-T (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bosheit is a German feminine noun meaning “malice, spite, wickedness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “böse, schlechte Gesinnung”.
What does Bosheit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemalice, spite, wickedness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. böse, schlechte Gesinnung 2. boshafte Tat; böser Scherz; boshafte Aussage; abfällige, stichelnde, verletzende Bemerkung
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 Bosheit
- Bosheiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bosheit?
- /ˈboːshaɪ̯t/
- [ˈboːshaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bosheit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bosheit in German?
Bosheit appears 1.1 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).