chronisch
German, adjective/ˈkʁoːnɪʃ/
chronisch is spelled C-H-R-O-N-I-S-C-H (9 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written German, the 14,528th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chronisch is a German adjective meaning “chronic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “langsam entstehend und lange dauernd”.
What does chronisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
chronic
adverb
- 1
chronically
chronisch kranke Menschen.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. langsam entstehend und lange dauernd 2. ständig oder immer wieder vorkommend
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 chronisch
- chronischer masculine nominative singular
- am chronischsten superlative
- chronische feminine nominative singular
- chronisches neuter nominative singular
- chronischen genitive masculine singular
- chronischem dative masculine singular
- der chronische definite includes-article masculine
- die chronische definite feminine includes-article
- das chronische definite includes-article neuter
- die chronischen definite includes-article nominative
- des chronischen definite genitive includes-article
- der chronischen definite feminine genitive
- dem chronischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chronisch?
- /ˈkʁoːnɪʃ/
- [ˈkʁoːnɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chronisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chronisch in German?
chronisch appears 4.0 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).