gewiss
German, adjective/ɡəˈvɪs/
gewiss is spelled G-E-W-I-S-S (6 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,816th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gewiss is a German adjective meaning “certain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does gewiss mean in English?
adjective
- 1
certain
adverb
- 1
certainly, indeed
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. nicht genau bestimmbar oder bestimmt 2. bekannt, aber nicht genannt 3. ohne Zweifel bestehend, eintretend 4. bestimmt, unbedingt, mit Sicherheit
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 gewiss
- gewisser masculine nominative singular
- am gewissesten superlative
- gewisse feminine nominative singular
- gewisses neuter nominative singular
- gewissen genitive masculine singular
- gewissem dative masculine singular
- der gewisse definite includes-article masculine
- die gewisse definite feminine includes-article
- das gewisse definite includes-article neuter
- die gewissen definite includes-article nominative
- des gewissen definite genitive includes-article
- der gewissen definite feminine genitive
- dem gewissen dative definite includes-article
- gewiß obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gewiss?
- /ɡəˈvɪs/
- [ɡəˈvɪs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gewiss
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gewiss in German?
gewiss appears 13 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).