ironisch
German, adjective[iˈʁoːnɪʃ]
ironisch is spelled I-R-O-N-I-S-C-H (8 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written German, the 11,022nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ironisch is a German adjective meaning “ironic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “spöttisch oder humorvoll das Gegenteil aussagend”.
What does ironisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ironic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. spöttisch oder humorvoll das Gegenteil aussagend
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 ironisch
- ironischer masculine nominative singular
- am ironischsten superlative
- ironische feminine nominative singular
- ironisches neuter nominative singular
- ironischen genitive masculine singular
- ironischem dative masculine singular
- der ironische definite includes-article masculine
- die ironische definite feminine includes-article
- das ironische definite includes-article neuter
- die ironischen definite includes-article nominative
- des ironischen definite genitive includes-article
- der ironischen definite feminine genitive
- dem ironischen dative definite includes-article
- iron. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ironisch?
- [iˈʁoːnɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ironisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ironisch in German?
ironisch appears 5.8 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).