diabolisch
German, adjective/ˌdiaˈboːlɪʃ/
diabolisch is spelled D-I-A-B-O-L-I-S-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diabolisch is a German adjective meaning “diabolic (showing wickedness typical of a devil)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “teuflisch”.
What does diabolisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
diabolic (showing wickedness typical of a devil)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. teuflisch
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 diabolisch
- diabolischer masculine nominative singular
- am diabolischsten superlative
- diabolische feminine nominative singular
- diabolisches neuter nominative singular
- diabolischen genitive masculine singular
- diabolischem dative masculine singular
- der diabolische definite includes-article masculine
- die diabolische definite feminine includes-article
- das diabolische definite includes-article neuter
- die diabolischen definite includes-article nominative
- des diabolischen definite genitive includes-article
- der diabolischen definite feminine genitive
- dem diabolischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diabolisch?
- /ˌdiaˈboːlɪʃ/
- [diaˈboːlɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diabolisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diabolisch in German?
diabolisch appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).