gescheit
German, adjective/ɡəˈʃaɪ̯t/
gescheit is spelled G-E-S-C-H-E-I-T (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,669th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gescheit is a German adjective meaning “clever, intelligent, wise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von großer Intelligenz, einen scharfen Verstand habend”.
What does gescheit mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Austriaclever, intelligent, wise
- 2
informalreasonable, proper, decent, useful
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von großer Intelligenz, einen scharfen Verstand habend 2. kluge Überlegungen enthaltend, einigen Verstand zum Ausdruck bringend 3. vernünftig 4. groß, immens
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 gescheit
- gescheiter masculine nominative singular
- am gescheitesten superlative
- gescheite feminine nominative singular
- gescheites neuter nominative singular
- gescheiten genitive masculine singular
- gescheitem dative masculine singular
- der gescheite definite includes-article masculine
- die gescheite definite feminine includes-article
- das gescheite definite includes-article neuter
- die gescheiten definite includes-article nominative
- des gescheiten definite genitive includes-article
- der gescheiten definite feminine genitive
- dem gescheiten dative definite includes-article
- gescheid alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gescheit?
- Germany /ɡəˈʃaɪ̯t/
- /ɡeˈʃaɪ̯t/
- [ɡ̊e-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gescheit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gescheit in German?
gescheit appears 1.7 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).