harsch
German, adjective/haʁʃ/
harsch is spelled H-A-R-S-C-H (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 49,558th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Harsch is a German adjective meaning “rough, harsh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “hart, rau”.
What does harsch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rough, harsh
adverb
- 1
harshly
Der Lehrer wies den Jungen harsch zurecht.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Oberflächenkruste auf der Schneedecke, die durch Antauen und Frieren entstanden ist
adjective: 1. hart, rau 2. rau, eisig 3. struppig 4. Euter: hart und mit Milch gefüllt
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 harsch
- harscher masculine nominative singular
- am harschesten superlative
- am harschsten superlative
- harsche feminine nominative singular
- harsches neuter nominative singular
- harschen genitive masculine singular
- harschem dative masculine singular
- der harsche definite includes-article masculine
- die harsche definite feminine includes-article
- das harsche definite includes-article neuter
- die harschen definite includes-article nominative
- des harschen definite genitive includes-article
- der harschen definite feminine genitive
- dem harschen dative definite includes-article
- Harschs genitive singular
- Harsches genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce harsch?
- standard /haʁʃ/
- /haːʃ/
- [haʁʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to harsch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is harsch in German?
harsch appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).