ketzerisch
German, adjective/ˈkɛtsəʁɪʃ/
ketzerisch is spelled K-E-T-Z-E-R-I-S-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ketzerisch is a German adjective meaning “heretical (contrary to the teachings of the Catholic church)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von der Lehre der Katholischen Kirche abweichend”.
What does ketzerisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
heretical (contrary to the teachings of the Catholic church)
- 2
heretical (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von der Lehre der Katholischen Kirche abweichend 2. von einer allgemein anerkannten Meinung, Norm abweichend
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 ketzerisch
- ketzerischer masculine nominative singular
- ketzerische feminine nominative singular
- ketzerisches neuter nominative singular
- ketzerischen genitive masculine singular
- ketzerischem dative masculine singular
- der ketzerische definite includes-article masculine
- die ketzerische definite feminine includes-article
- das ketzerische definite includes-article neuter
- die ketzerischen definite includes-article nominative
- des ketzerischen definite genitive includes-article
- der ketzerischen definite feminine genitive
- dem ketzerischen dative definite includes-article
- den ketzerischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ketzerisch?
- /ˈkɛtsəʁɪʃ/
- [ˈkɛt͡səʁɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ketzerisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ketzerisch in German?
ketzerisch appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).