gehässig
German, adjective/ɡəˈhɛsɪç/
gehässig is spelled G-E-H-Ä-S-S-I-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,036th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gehässig is a German adjective meaning “spiteful, hateful, mean” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand anderem Übles wünschend”.
What does gehässig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
spiteful, hateful, mean
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. jemand anderem Übles wünschend
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 gehässig
- gehässiger masculine nominative singular
- am gehässigsten superlative
- gehässige feminine nominative singular
- gehässiges neuter nominative singular
- gehässigen genitive masculine singular
- gehässigem dative masculine singular
- der gehässige definite includes-article masculine
- die gehässige definite feminine includes-article
- das gehässige definite includes-article neuter
- die gehässigen definite includes-article nominative
- des gehässigen definite genitive includes-article
- der gehässigen definite feminine genitive
- dem gehässigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gehässig?
- /ɡəˈhɛsɪç/
- /ɡəˈhɛsɪk/
- [ɡəˈhɛsɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gehässig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gehässig in German?
gehässig 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).