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höllisch

German, adjective/ˈhœlɪʃ/

höllisch is spelled H-Ö-L-L-I-S-C-H (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 35,692nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Höllisch is a German adjective meaning “infernal, hellish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zur Hölle gehörend, in ihr befindlich, aus ihr kommend”.

What does höllisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    infernal, hellish

adverb

  1. 1

    colloquiallike hell, damn

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. zur Hölle gehörend, in ihr befindlich, aus ihr kommend 2. grausam, qualvoll, schmerzend, schrecklich 3. verstärkend, übertrieben oder extrem

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 höllisch

  • höllischer masculine nominative singular
  • höllische feminine nominative singular
  • höllisches neuter nominative singular
  • höllischen genitive masculine singular
  • höllischem dative masculine singular
  • der höllische definite includes-article masculine
  • die höllische definite feminine includes-article
  • das höllische definite includes-article neuter
  • die höllischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des höllischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der höllischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem höllischen dative definite includes-article
  • den höllischen dative definite includes-article
  • am höllischsten superlative

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

How do you pronounce höllisch?

  • /ˈhœlɪʃ/
  • [ˈhœlɪʃ]

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

English words that translate to höllisch

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

How common is höllisch in German?

höllisch appears 1.1 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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