komisch
German, adjective/ˈkoːmɪʃ/
komisch is spelled K-O-M-I-S-C-H (7 letters) and appears 42 times per million words in written German, the 2,026th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Komisch is a German adjective meaning “comedic, comic, pertaining to comedy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach Art einer Komödie”.
What does komisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
comedic, comic, pertaining to comedy
Sie spielt selten komische Rollen.
- 2
funny, comical (chiefly dated, but still usual with certain intensifiers as in urkomisch, zu komisch, wahnsinnig komisch)
Das war wirklich zu komisch!
- 3
informalweird, strange, peculiar, funny
Das war sowieso ein sehr komischer Kompromiss.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nach Art einer Komödie 2. zum Lachen anregend (witzig); erheiternd, spaßig, lustig 3. Verwunderung auslösend; sonderbar, seltsam, merkwürdig
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 komisch
- komischer masculine nominative singular
- am komischsten superlative
- komische feminine nominative singular
- komisches neuter nominative singular
- komischen genitive masculine singular
- komischem dative masculine singular
- der komische definite includes-article masculine
- die komische definite feminine includes-article
- das komische definite includes-article neuter
- die komischen definite includes-article nominative
- des komischen definite genitive includes-article
- der komischen definite feminine genitive
- dem komischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce komisch?
- /ˈkoːmɪʃ/
- [ˈkoːmɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to komisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is komisch in German?
komisch appears 42 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).