kosmetisch
German, adjective/ˌkɔsˈmeːtɪʃ/
kosmetisch is spelled K-O-S-M-E-T-I-S-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kosmetisch is a German adjective meaning “cosmetic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Kosmetik (Körper- und Schönheitspflege) betreffend; der Verschönerung dienend oder sie bezweckend”.
What does kosmetisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cosmetic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. die Kosmetik (Körper- und Schönheitspflege) betreffend; der Verschönerung dienend oder sie bezweckend 2. nur oberflächlich korrigierend, nicht den eigentlichen Missstand beseitigend
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 kosmetisch
- kosmetischer masculine nominative singular
- kosmetische feminine nominative singular
- kosmetisches neuter nominative singular
- kosmetischen genitive masculine singular
- kosmetischem dative masculine singular
- der kosmetische definite includes-article masculine
- die kosmetische definite feminine includes-article
- das kosmetische definite includes-article neuter
- die kosmetischen definite includes-article nominative
- des kosmetischen definite genitive includes-article
- der kosmetischen definite feminine genitive
- dem kosmetischen dative definite includes-article
- den kosmetischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kosmetisch?
- /ˌkɔsˈmeːtɪʃ/
- [ˌkɔsˈmeːtɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kosmetisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kosmetisch in German?
kosmetisch appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).