kritisch
German, adjective/ˈkʁiːtɪʃ/
kritisch is spelled K-R-I-T-I-S-C-H (8 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written German, the 3,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kritisch is a German adjective meaning “critical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bedrohlich, entscheidend”.
What does kritisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
critical
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. bedrohlich, entscheidend 2. bemängelnd, prüfend
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 kritisch
- kritischer masculine nominative singular
- am kritischsten superlative
- kritische feminine nominative singular
- kritisches neuter nominative singular
- kritischen genitive masculine singular
- kritischem dative masculine singular
- der kritische definite includes-article masculine
- die kritische definite feminine includes-article
- das kritische definite includes-article neuter
- die kritischen definite includes-article nominative
- des kritischen definite genitive includes-article
- der kritischen definite feminine genitive
- dem kritischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kritisch?
- /ˈkʁiːtɪʃ/
- /ˈkʁɪtɪʃ/
- [ˈkʁiːtɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kritisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kritisch in German?
kritisch appears 23 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).