geistreich
German, adjective[ˈɡaɪstˌʁaɪç]
geistreich is spelled G-E-I-S-T-R-E-I-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 53,554th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geistreich is a German adjective meaning “witty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “klug und gleichzeitig witzig”.
What does geistreich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
witty
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. klug und gleichzeitig witzig
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 geistreich
- geistreicher masculine nominative singular
- am geistreichsten superlative
- geistreiche feminine nominative singular
- geistreiches neuter nominative singular
- geistreichen genitive masculine singular
- geistreichem dative masculine singular
- der geistreiche definite includes-article masculine
- die geistreiche definite feminine includes-article
- das geistreiche definite includes-article neuter
- die geistreichen definite includes-article nominative
- des geistreichen definite genitive includes-article
- der geistreichen definite feminine genitive
- dem geistreichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce geistreich?
- [ˈɡaɪstˌʁaɪç]
- [ˈɡaɪ̯stˌʁaɪ̯ç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to geistreich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is geistreich in German?
geistreich 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).