lakonisch
German, adjective[laˈkoːnɪʃ]
lakonisch is spelled L-A-K-O-N-I-S-C-H (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 68,093rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lakonisch is a German adjective meaning “laconic (using as few words as possible to communicate much information)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wortkarg”.
What does lakonisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
laconic (using as few words as possible to communicate much information)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. wortkarg 2. kurz und treffend
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 lakonisch
- lakonischer masculine nominative singular
- am lakonischsten superlative
- lakonische feminine nominative singular
- lakonisches neuter nominative singular
- lakonischen genitive masculine singular
- lakonischem dative masculine singular
- der lakonische definite includes-article masculine
- die lakonische definite feminine includes-article
- das lakonische definite includes-article neuter
- die lakonischen definite includes-article nominative
- des lakonischen definite genitive includes-article
- der lakonischen definite feminine genitive
- dem lakonischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lakonisch?
- [laˈkoːnɪʃ]
- [ˌlaˈkoːnɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lakonisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lakonisch in German?
lakonisch appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).