mafiös
German, adjective
mafiös is spelled M-A-F-I-Ö-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written German, the 452,179th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mafiös is a German adjective meaning “Mafia-like” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, mafios is a different word: “alternative form of mafiös”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zur Mafia gehörig; nach Art der Mafia, strukturiert wie die Mafia”.
What does mafiös mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Mafia-like
mafiöse Strukturen
adjective
- 1
alternative form of mafiös
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zur Mafia gehörig; nach Art der Mafia, strukturiert wie die Mafia
adjective: 1. zur Mafia gehörig; nach Art der Mafia, strukturiert wie die Mafia
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 mafiös
- mafiöser masculine nominative singular
- am mafiösesten superlative
- mafiöse feminine nominative singular
- mafiöses neuter nominative singular
- mafiösen genitive masculine singular
- mafiösem dative masculine singular
- der mafiöse definite includes-article masculine
- die mafiöse definite feminine includes-article
- das mafiöse definite includes-article neuter
- die mafiösen definite includes-article nominative
- des mafiösen definite genitive includes-article
- der mafiösen definite feminine genitive
- dem mafiösen dative definite includes-article
- mafios variant
- mafiös variant
- mafioser comparative
- am mafiosesten superlative
- mafiose positive nominative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is mafiös in German?
mafiös appears about once in every 55 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).