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hektisch

German, adjective[ˈhɛktɪʃ]

hektisch is spelled H-E-K-T-I-S-C-H (8 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,546th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hektisch is a German adjective meaning “hectic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von nervöser Unruhe, nervöser Betriebsamkeit”.

What does hektisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    hectic

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. von nervöser Unruhe, nervöser Betriebsamkeit 2. die Lungentuberkulose begleitend

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 hektisch

  • hektischer masculine nominative singular
  • am hektischsten superlative
  • hektische feminine nominative singular
  • hektisches neuter nominative singular
  • hektischen genitive masculine singular
  • hektischem dative masculine singular
  • der hektische definite includes-article masculine
  • die hektische definite feminine includes-article
  • das hektische definite includes-article neuter
  • die hektischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des hektischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der hektischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem hektischen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce hektisch?

  • [ˈhɛktɪʃ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to hektisch

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is hektisch in German?

hektisch appears 2.5 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).

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