metonymisch
German, adjective/metoˈnyːmɪʃ/
metonymisch is a German adjective meaning “metonymic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Metonymie betreffend, in der Art einer Metonymie, also durch die Übertragung eines Wortes auf einen nahen…”.
What does metonymisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
metonymic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. die Metonymie betreffend, in der Art einer Metonymie, also durch die Übertragung eines Wortes auf einen nahen Sachverhalt entstanden
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 metonymisch
- metonymischer masculine nominative singular
- metonymische feminine nominative singular
- metonymisches neuter nominative singular
- metonymischen genitive masculine singular
- metonymischem dative masculine singular
- der metonymische definite includes-article masculine
- die metonymische definite feminine includes-article
- das metonymische definite includes-article neuter
- die metonymischen definite includes-article nominative
- des metonymischen definite genitive includes-article
- der metonymischen definite feminine genitive
- dem metonymischen dative definite includes-article
- den metonymischen dative definite includes-article
- meton. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce metonymisch?
- /metoˈnyːmɪʃ/
- [metoˈnyːmɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is metonymisch in German?
metonymisch appears about once in every 51 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).