japanisch
German, adjective/jaˈpaːnɪʃ/
japanisch is spelled J-A-P-A-N-I-S-C-H (9 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written German, the 10,058th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Japanisch is a German adjective meaning “Japanese (of or relating to Japan, the Japanese people, or the Japanese language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Japaner betreffend”.
What does japanisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Japanese (of or relating to Japan, the Japanese people, or the Japanese language)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Sprache der Japaner, Landessprache Japans (Versuche, sie einer Sprachfamilie zuzuordnen, sind umstritten)
adjective: 1. die Japaner betreffend 2. das Land Japan betreffend, zu ihm gehörend, aus ihm stammend 3. in der Sprache der Bevölkerung Japans, Japanisch
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 japanisch
- japanischer masculine nominative singular
- am japanischsten superlative
- japanische feminine nominative singular
- japanisches neuter nominative singular
- japanischen genitive masculine singular
- japanischem dative masculine singular
- der japanische definite includes-article masculine
- die japanische definite feminine includes-article
- das japanische definite includes-article neuter
- die japanischen definite includes-article nominative
- des japanischen definite genitive includes-article
- der japanischen definite feminine genitive
- dem japanischen dative definite includes-article
- ja abbreviation
- jpn abbreviation
- (das) Japanisch nominative singular
- das Japanische nominative singular
- (des) Japanisch genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce japanisch?
- /jaˈpaːnɪʃ/
- [jaˈpaːnɪʃ]
- [jaˈpaːnɪʃə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to japanisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is japanisch in German?
japanisch appears 6.5 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).