hieratisch
German, adjective/hɪ̯eˈʁaːtɪʃ/
hieratisch is a German adjective meaning “hieratic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “streng, starr”.
What does hieratisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hieratic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. streng, starr 2. heilig, heiligen Gebräuchen entsprechend, heiligmäßige Schrift 3. Bezeichnung für eine Schrift, die aus Hieroglyphen weiterentwickelt wurde (benutzt in Ägypten vom 3. Jahrtausend vor bis ins 3. Jahrhundert nach Christus)
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 hieratisch
- hieratischer masculine nominative singular
- am hieratischsten superlative
- hieratische feminine nominative singular
- hieratisches neuter nominative singular
- hieratischen genitive masculine singular
- hieratischem dative masculine singular
- der hieratische definite includes-article masculine
- die hieratische definite feminine includes-article
- das hieratische definite includes-article neuter
- die hieratischen definite includes-article nominative
- des hieratischen definite genitive includes-article
- der hieratischen definite feminine genitive
- dem hieratischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hieratisch?
- /hɪ̯eˈʁaːtɪʃ/
- [hi̯eˈʁaːtɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hieratisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hieratisch in German?
hieratisch appears about once in every 63 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).