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hermeneutisch

German, adjective/hɛʁmeˈnɔɪ̯tɪʃ/

hermeneutisch is spelled H-E-R-M-E-N-E-U-T-I-S-C-H (13 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written German, the 301,457th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hermeneutisch is a German adjective meaning “hermeneutic, hermeneutical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Hermeneutik betreffend”.

What does hermeneutisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    hermeneutic, hermeneutical

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. die Hermeneutik betreffend 2. einen Text oder ein Dokument auslegend und erklärend

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 hermeneutisch

  • hermeneutischer masculine nominative singular
  • hermeneutische feminine nominative singular
  • hermeneutisches neuter nominative singular
  • hermeneutischen genitive masculine singular
  • hermeneutischem dative masculine singular
  • der hermeneutische definite includes-article masculine
  • die hermeneutische definite feminine includes-article
  • das hermeneutische definite includes-article neuter
  • die hermeneutischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des hermeneutischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der hermeneutischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem hermeneutischen dative definite includes-article
  • den hermeneutischen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce hermeneutisch?

  • /hɛʁmeˈnɔɪ̯tɪʃ/
  • [hɛʁmeˈnɔɪ̯tɪʃ]

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

English words that translate to hermeneutisch

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

How common is hermeneutisch in German?

hermeneutisch appears about once in every 27 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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