linkisch
German, adjective/ˈlɪŋkɪʃ/
linkisch is spelled L-I-N-K-I-S-C-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 202,985th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Linkisch is a German adjective meaning “gauche, awkward, bumbling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unbeholfen in der Körperbeherrschung und im Ausdrucksvermögen, ungeschickt”.
What does linkisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
gauche, awkward, bumbling
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. unbeholfen in der Körperbeherrschung und im Ausdrucksvermögen, ungeschickt
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 linkisch
- linkischer masculine nominative singular
- am linkischsten superlative
- linkische positive nominative strong
- linkisches positive nominative strong
- linkischen positive genitive strong
- linkischem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce linkisch?
- /ˈlɪŋkɪʃ/
- [ˈlɪŋkɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to linkisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is linkisch in German?
linkisch appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).