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demotisch

German, adjective/deˈmoːtɪʃ/

demotisch is spelled D-E-M-O-T-I-S-C-H (9 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written German, the 440,316th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Demotisch is a German adjective meaning “demotic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dem Denken und Fühlen des Volkes entsprechend”.

What does demotisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    demotic

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. dem Denken und Fühlen des Volkes entsprechend 2. altägyptisch, volkstümlich, die Hieroglyphen durch eine im 7. vorchristlichen Jahrhundert entstandene Schrägschrift ersetzend

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 demotisch

  • demotischer masculine nominative singular
  • demotische feminine nominative singular
  • demotisches neuter nominative singular
  • demotischen genitive masculine singular
  • demotischem dative masculine singular
  • der demotische definite includes-article masculine
  • die demotische definite feminine includes-article
  • das demotische definite includes-article neuter
  • die demotischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des demotischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der demotischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem demotischen dative definite includes-article
  • den demotischen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce demotisch?

  • /deˈmoːtɪʃ/
  • [deˈmoːtɪʃ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to demotisch

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is demotisch in German?

demotisch appears about once in every 52 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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