gewissenhaft
German, adjective[ɡəˈvɪsənhaft]
gewissenhaft is spelled G-E-W-I-S-S-E-N-H-A-F-T (12 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 24,663rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gewissenhaft is a German adjective meaning “assiduous, diligent, conscientious, scrupulous, meticulous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sorgfältig, gründlich vorgehen; es sich nicht leicht machen”.
What does gewissenhaft mean in English?
adjective
- 1
assiduous, diligent, conscientious, scrupulous, meticulous
- 2
pedantic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sorgfältig, gründlich vorgehen; es sich nicht leicht machen
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 gewissenhaft
- gewissenhafter masculine nominative singular
- am gewissenhaftesten superlative
- gewissenhafte feminine nominative singular
- gewissenhaftes neuter nominative singular
- gewissenhaften genitive masculine singular
- gewissenhaftem dative masculine singular
- der gewissenhafte definite includes-article masculine
- die gewissenhafte definite feminine includes-article
- das gewissenhafte definite includes-article neuter
- die gewissenhaften definite includes-article nominative
- des gewissenhaften definite genitive includes-article
- der gewissenhaften definite feminine genitive
- dem gewissenhaften dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gewissenhaft?
- [ɡəˈvɪsənhaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gewissenhaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gewissenhaft in German?
gewissenhaft appears 1.9 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).