dilettantisch
German, adjective[ˌdilɛˈtantɪʃ]
dilettantisch is spelled D-I-L-E-T-T-A-N-T-I-S-C-H (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 85,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dilettantisch is a German adjective meaning “dilettante, amateurish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht von einem Profi ausgeführt, unfachmännisch”.
What does dilettantisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dilettante, amateurish
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht von einem Profi ausgeführt, unfachmännisch
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 dilettantisch
- dilettantischer masculine nominative singular
- am dilettantischsten superlative
- dilettantische feminine nominative singular
- dilettantisches neuter nominative singular
- dilettantischen genitive masculine singular
- dilettantischem dative masculine singular
- der dilettantische definite includes-article masculine
- die dilettantische definite feminine includes-article
- das dilettantische definite includes-article neuter
- die dilettantischen definite includes-article nominative
- des dilettantischen definite genitive includes-article
- der dilettantischen definite feminine genitive
- dem dilettantischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dilettantisch?
- [ˌdilɛˈtantɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dilettantisch in German?
dilettantisch 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).