elegisch
German, adjective/eˈleːɡɪʃ/
elegisch is spelled E-L-E-G-I-S-C-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elegisch is a German adjective meaning “elegiac” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Form einer Elegie, die Form der Elegie betreffend”.
What does elegisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
elegiac
- 2
plaintive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in der Form einer Elegie, die Form der Elegie betreffend 2. voll Schwermut, voll Wehmut
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 elegisch
- elegischer masculine nominative singular
- am elegischsten superlative
- elegische feminine nominative singular
- elegisches neuter nominative singular
- elegischen genitive masculine singular
- elegischem dative masculine singular
- der elegische definite includes-article masculine
- die elegische definite feminine includes-article
- das elegische definite includes-article neuter
- die elegischen definite includes-article nominative
- des elegischen definite genitive includes-article
- der elegischen definite feminine genitive
- dem elegischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce elegisch?
- /eˈleːɡɪʃ/
- [eˈleːɡɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to elegisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is elegisch in German?
elegisch appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).