gegnerisch
German, adjective[ˈɡeːɡnəʁɪʃ]
gegnerisch is spelled G-E-G-N-E-R-I-S-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written German, the 571,872nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gegnerisch is a German adjective meaning “opposing, opponent's (belonging to the opposing team or party; especially in sports and games)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Gegner betreffend, gehörend oder von ihm ausgehend”.
What does gegnerisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
opposing, opponent's (belonging to the opposing team or party; especially in sports and games)
die gegnerische Mannschaft
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. den Gegner betreffend, gehörend oder von ihm ausgehend
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 gegnerisch
- gegnerischer masculine nominative singular
- gegnerische feminine nominative singular
- gegnerisches neuter nominative singular
- gegnerischen genitive masculine singular
- gegnerischem dative masculine singular
- der gegnerische definite includes-article masculine
- die gegnerische definite feminine includes-article
- das gegnerische definite includes-article neuter
- die gegnerischen definite includes-article nominative
- des gegnerischen definite genitive includes-article
- der gegnerischen definite feminine genitive
- dem gegnerischen dative definite includes-article
- den gegnerischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gegnerisch?
- [ˈɡeːɡnəʁɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gegnerisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gegnerisch in German?
gegnerisch appears about once in every 83 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).