delikat
German, adjective/deliˈkaːt/
delikat is spelled D-E-L-I-K-A-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 73,335th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Delikat is a German adjective meaning “delicate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass etwas sehr gut schmeckt”.
What does delikat mean in English?
adjective
- 1
delicate
- 2
delicious
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so, dass etwas sehr gut schmeckt 2. mit Zurückhaltung/Feingefühl zu behandeln, behandelt 3. nicht leicht und in aller Öffentlichkeit zu lösen, weil verschiedene Interessen berührt sind
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 delikat
- delikater masculine nominative singular
- am delikatesten superlative
- delikate feminine nominative singular
- delikates neuter nominative singular
- delikaten genitive masculine singular
- delikatem dative masculine singular
- der delikate definite includes-article masculine
- die delikate definite feminine includes-article
- das delikate definite includes-article neuter
- die delikaten definite includes-article nominative
- des delikaten definite genitive includes-article
- der delikaten definite feminine genitive
- dem delikaten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce delikat?
- /deliˈkaːt/
- [deliˈkaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to delikat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is delikat in German?
delikat appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).