kess
German, adjective[kɛs]
kess is spelled K-E-S-S (4 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kess is a German adjective meaning “saucy, cheeky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jung, hübsch und dabei unbekümmert, lebenslustig”.
What does kess mean in English?
adjective
- 1
saucy, cheeky
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. jung, hübsch und dabei unbekümmert, lebenslustig 2. (auf nicht kränkende Weise) ein wenig vorlaut, unverschämt, respektlos 3. (auf dreiste Weise) der aktuellen Mode entsprechend, folgend
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 kess
- kesser masculine nominative singular
- am kessesten superlative
- kesse feminine nominative singular
- kesses neuter nominative singular
- kessen genitive masculine singular
- kessem dative masculine singular
- der kesse definite includes-article masculine
- die kesse definite feminine includes-article
- das kesse definite includes-article neuter
- die kessen definite includes-article nominative
- des kessen definite genitive includes-article
- der kessen definite feminine genitive
- dem kessen dative definite includes-article
- keß obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kess?
- [kɛs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kess
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kess in German?
kess appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).