metaphorisch
German, adjective/ˌmeːtaˈfoːʁɪʃ/
metaphorisch is spelled M-E-T-A-P-H-O-R-I-S-C-H (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,722nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Metaphorisch is a German adjective meaning “metaphorical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bildlich, übertragen verwendet”.
What does metaphorisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
metaphorical
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. bildlich, übertragen verwendet 2. auf die Metapher bezogen
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 metaphorisch
- metaphorischer masculine nominative singular
- am metaphorischsten superlative
- metaphorische feminine nominative singular
- metaphorisches neuter nominative singular
- metaphorischen genitive masculine singular
- metaphorischem dative masculine singular
- der metaphorische definite includes-article masculine
- die metaphorische definite feminine includes-article
- das metaphorische definite includes-article neuter
- die metaphorischen definite includes-article nominative
- des metaphorischen definite genitive includes-article
- der metaphorischen definite feminine genitive
- dem metaphorischen dative definite includes-article
- metaph. abbreviation
- met. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce metaphorisch?
- /ˌmeːtaˈfoːʁɪʃ/
- /ˌmɛtaˈfoːʁɪʃ/
- [metaˈfoːʁɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to metaphorisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is metaphorisch in German?
metaphorisch 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).