hämisch
German, adjective/ˈhɛːmɪʃ/
hämisch is spelled H-Ä-M-I-S-C-H (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 53,554th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hämisch is a German adjective meaning “malicious, spiteful, hateful, derisive, gleeful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schadenfroh, gehässig”.
What does hämisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
malicious, spiteful, hateful, derisive, gleeful
Er freute sich hämisch über ihr Unglück.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. schadenfroh, gehässig
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 hämisch
- hämischer masculine nominative singular
- am hämischsten superlative
- hämische feminine nominative singular
- hämisches neuter nominative singular
- hämischen genitive masculine singular
- hämischem dative masculine singular
- der hämische definite includes-article masculine
- die hämische definite feminine includes-article
- das hämische definite includes-article neuter
- die hämischen definite includes-article nominative
- des hämischen definite genitive includes-article
- der hämischen definite feminine genitive
- dem hämischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hämisch?
- /ˈhɛːmɪʃ/
- /ˈheːmɪʃ/
- [ˈhɛːmɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hämisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hämisch in German?
hämisch 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).