deutsch
German, adjective/dɔʏ̯t͡ʃ/
deutsch is spelled D-E-U-T-S-C-H (7 letters) and appears 174 times per million words in written German, the 492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deutsch is a German adjective meaning “German (of or pertaining to the German people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zum Volk der Deutschen (auch historisch) gehörig”.
What does deutsch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
German (of or pertaining to the German people)
Meine Mutter ist deutscher Herkunft, aber mein Vater ist Schwede.
- 2
German (of or pertaining to Germany)
der deutsche Außenminister – das deutsche Patentamt
- 3
German (of or pertaining to the German language)
einige deutsche Wörter
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die deutsche Sprache 2. Deutschunterricht
adjective: 1. zum Volk der Deutschen (auch historisch) gehörig 2. zu Deutschland gehörig 3. zur Sprache Deutsch gehörig
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 deutsch
- deutscher masculine nominative singular
- am deutschesten superlative
- deutsche feminine nominative singular
- deutsches neuter nominative singular
- deutschen genitive masculine singular
- deutschem dative masculine singular
- der deutsche definite includes-article masculine
- die deutsche definite feminine includes-article
- das deutsche definite includes-article neuter
- die deutschen definite includes-article nominative
- des deutschen definite genitive includes-article
- der deutschen definite feminine genitive
- dem deutschen dative definite includes-article
- Dt. abbreviation
- Dtsch. abbreviation
- de abbreviation
- deu abbreviation
- ger abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce deutsch?
- /dɔʏ̯t͡ʃ/
- [dɔɪ̯t͡ʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to deutsch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is deutsch in German?
deutsch appears 174 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).