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malerisch

German, adjective[ˈmaːləʁɪʃ]

malerisch is spelled M-A-L-E-R-I-S-C-H (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 39,859th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malerisch is a German adjective meaning “painting; painterly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zur Malerei gehörend, in der Art und Weise der Malkunst”.

What does malerisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    painting; painterly

    malerisches Geschick

  2. 2

    picturesque; scenic

    malerische Strände

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. zur Malerei gehörend, in der Art und Weise der Malkunst 2. schön; zum Malen geeignet, sich zum Malen anbietend

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 malerisch

  • malerischer masculine nominative singular
  • am malerischsten superlative
  • malerische feminine nominative singular
  • malerisches neuter nominative singular
  • malerischen genitive masculine singular
  • malerischem dative masculine singular
  • der malerische definite includes-article masculine
  • die malerische definite feminine includes-article
  • das malerische definite includes-article neuter
  • die malerischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des malerischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der malerischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem malerischen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce malerisch?

  • [ˈmaːləʁɪʃ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to malerisch

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is malerisch in German?

malerisch appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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