herrschsüchtig
German, adjective/ˈhɛʁʃˌzʏçtɪç/
herrschsüchtig is spelled H-E-R-R-S-C-H-S-Ü-C-H-T-I-G (14 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 225,828th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herrschsüchtig is a German adjective meaning “domineering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “stark auf die eigene Dominanz über andere fixiert”.
What does herrschsüchtig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
domineering
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. stark auf die eigene Dominanz über andere fixiert
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 herrschsüchtig
- herrschsüchtiger masculine nominative singular
- am herrschsüchtigsten superlative
- herrschsüchtige feminine nominative singular
- herrschsüchtiges neuter nominative singular
- herrschsüchtigen genitive masculine singular
- herrschsüchtigem dative masculine singular
- der herrschsüchtige definite includes-article masculine
- die herrschsüchtige definite feminine includes-article
- das herrschsüchtige definite includes-article neuter
- die herrschsüchtigen definite includes-article nominative
- des herrschsüchtigen definite genitive includes-article
- der herrschsüchtigen definite feminine genitive
- dem herrschsüchtigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herrschsüchtig?
- /ˈhɛʁʃˌzʏçtɪç/
- [ˈhɛʁʃˌzʏçtɪç]
- [ˈhɛʁʃˌzʏçtɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to herrschsüchtig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is herrschsüchtig in German?
herrschsüchtig appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).