lesbisch
German, adjective/ˈlɛsbɪʃ/
lesbisch is spelled L-E-S-B-I-S-C-H (8 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 18,843rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lesbisch is a German adjective meaning “lesbian (of a woman, attracted to other women)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von der Insel Lesbos”.
What does lesbisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lesbian (of a woman, attracted to other women)
eine lesbische Frau
- 2
lesbian (homosexual between women)
eine lesbische Beziehung
- 3
Lesbian (of or pertaining to the island of Lesbos)
der lesbische Hafen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von der Insel Lesbos 2. als Frau homosexuelle Neigungen besitzend, solche Neigungen betreffend
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 lesbisch
- lesbischer masculine nominative singular
- lesbische feminine nominative singular
- lesbisches neuter nominative singular
- lesbischen genitive masculine singular
- lesbischem dative masculine singular
- der lesbische definite includes-article masculine
- die lesbische definite feminine includes-article
- das lesbische definite includes-article neuter
- die lesbischen definite includes-article nominative
- des lesbischen definite genitive includes-article
- der lesbischen definite feminine genitive
- dem lesbischen dative definite includes-article
- den lesbischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lesbisch?
- /ˈlɛsbɪʃ/
- [ˈlɛsbɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lesbisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lesbisch in German?
lesbisch appears 2.8 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).