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empathisch

German, adjective[ɛmˈpaːtɪʃ]

empathisch is spelled E-M-P-A-T-H-I-S-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 67,080th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empathisch is a German adjective meaning “empathic, empathetic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Empathie zeigend; Mitgefühl habend”.

What does empathisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    empathic, empathetic

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Empathie zeigend; Mitgefühl habend

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 empathisch

  • empathischer masculine nominative singular
  • am empathischsten superlative
  • empathische feminine nominative singular
  • empathisches neuter nominative singular
  • empathischen genitive masculine singular
  • empathischem dative masculine singular
  • der empathische definite includes-article masculine
  • die empathische definite feminine includes-article
  • das empathische definite includes-article neuter
  • die empathischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des empathischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der empathischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem empathischen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce empathisch?

  • [ɛmˈpaːtɪʃ]

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

English words that translate to empathisch

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

How common is empathisch in German?

empathisch appears about once in every 2 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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