gewaltsam
German, adjective/ɡəˈvalt.zaːm/
gewaltsam is spelled G-E-W-A-L-T-S-A-M (9 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written German, the 12,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gewaltsam is a German adjective meaning “violent, forcible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unter Anwendung von Gewalt, Gewalt ausführend”.
What does gewaltsam mean in English?
adjective
- 1
violent, forcible
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. unter Anwendung von Gewalt, Gewalt ausführend
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 gewaltsam
- gewaltsamer masculine nominative singular
- am gewaltsamsten superlative
- gewaltsame feminine nominative singular
- gewaltsames neuter nominative singular
- gewaltsamen genitive masculine singular
- gewaltsamem dative masculine singular
- der gewaltsame definite includes-article masculine
- die gewaltsame definite feminine includes-article
- das gewaltsame definite includes-article neuter
- die gewaltsamen definite includes-article nominative
- des gewaltsamen definite genitive includes-article
- der gewaltsamen definite feminine genitive
- dem gewaltsamen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gewaltsam?
- /ɡəˈvalt.zaːm/
- /ɡəˈvalt.zam/
- [ɡəˈvaltzaːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gewaltsam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gewaltsam in German?
gewaltsam appears 4.7 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).