jenisch
German, adjective/ˈjeːnɪʃ/
jenisch is spelled J-E-N-I-S-C-H (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 134,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jenisch is a German adjective meaning “Yenish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zum Volk der Jenischen gehörig”.
What does jenisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Yenish
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zum Volk der Jenischen gehörig 2. zur Sprache Jenisch gehörig
noun: 1. regionale, süddeutsche Form des Rotwelschen
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 jenisch
- jenischer masculine nominative singular
- am jenischsten superlative
- jenische feminine nominative singular
- jenisches neuter nominative singular
- jenischen genitive masculine singular
- jenischem dative masculine singular
- der jenische definite includes-article masculine
- die jenische definite feminine includes-article
- das jenische definite includes-article neuter
- die jenischen definite includes-article nominative
- des jenischen definite genitive includes-article
- der jenischen definite feminine genitive
- dem jenischen dative definite includes-article
- (das) Jenisch nominative singular
- das Jenische nominative singular
- (des) Jenisch genitive singular
- (des) Jenischs genitive singular
- des Jenischen genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jenisch?
- /ˈjeːnɪʃ/
- [ˈjeːnɪʃ]
- [ˈjeːnɪʃə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jenisch in German?
jenisch appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).