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Intelligenzbestie

German, noun/ˌɪntɛliˈɡɛnt͡sˌbɛstiə/

Intelligenzbestie is spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N-Z-B-E-S-T-I-E (17 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intelligenzbestie is a German feminine noun meaning “brainiac” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “hochintelligenter Mensch”.

What does Intelligenzbestie mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialderogatoryfemininebrainiac

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. hochintelligenter Mensch 2. nicht sehr intelligenter Mensch

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 Intelligenzbestie

  • Intelligenzbestien plural

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

How do you pronounce Intelligenzbestie?

  • /ˌɪntɛliˈɡɛnt͡sˌbɛstiə/
  • [ˌɪntɛliˈɡɛnt͡sˌbɛstiə]

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

English words that translate to Intelligenzbestie

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

How common is Intelligenzbestie in German?

Intelligenzbestie appears about once in every 39 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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