geistig
German, adjective/ˈɡaɪ̯stɪç/
geistig is spelled G-E-I-S-T-I-G (7 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 6,162nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geistig is a German adjective meaning “mental” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den menschlichen Geist, die Gedanken betreffend”.
What does geistig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mental
geistige Prozesse.
- 2
intellectual
- 3
spiritual
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. den menschlichen Geist, die Gedanken betreffend 2. Alkohol enthaltend
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 geistig
- geistiger masculine nominative singular
- geistige feminine nominative singular
- geistiges neuter nominative singular
- geistigen genitive masculine singular
- geistigem dative masculine singular
- der geistige definite includes-article masculine
- die geistige definite feminine includes-article
- das geistige definite includes-article neuter
- die geistigen definite includes-article nominative
- des geistigen definite genitive includes-article
- der geistigen definite feminine genitive
- dem geistigen dative definite includes-article
- den geistigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce geistig?
- /ˈɡaɪ̯stɪç/
- /ˈɡaɪ̯stɪk/
- [ˈɡaɪ̯stɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to geistig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is geistig in German?
geistig appears 12 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).