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hermetisch

German, adjective/hɛʁˈmeːtɪʃ/

hermetisch is spelled H-E-R-M-E-T-I-S-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,012th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hermetisch is a German adjective meaning “hermetic (completely sealed, blocking passage of any substance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dicht abgeschlossen”.

What does hermetisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    hermetic (completely sealed, blocking passage of any substance)

    etwas hermetisch versiegeln

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. dicht abgeschlossen 2. kaum verständlich

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 hermetisch

  • hermetischer masculine nominative singular
  • am hermetischsten superlative
  • hermetische feminine nominative singular
  • hermetisches neuter nominative singular
  • hermetischen genitive masculine singular
  • hermetischem dative masculine singular
  • der hermetische definite includes-article masculine
  • die hermetische definite feminine includes-article
  • das hermetische definite includes-article neuter
  • die hermetischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des hermetischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der hermetischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem hermetischen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce hermetisch?

  • /hɛʁˈmeːtɪʃ/
  • [hɛʁˈmeːtɪʃ]

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

English words that translate to hermetisch

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

How common is hermetisch in German?

hermetisch 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).

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