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metrisch

German, adjective/ˈmeːtʁɪʃ/

metrisch is spelled M-E-T-R-I-S-C-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Metrisch is a German adjective meaning “metric (relating to metric system)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Metrik betreffend”.

What does metrisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    metric (relating to metric system)

  2. 2

    metrical (relating to poetic meter)

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. die Metrik betreffend 2. auf die Einheit Meter bezogen

suffix: 1. gebundenes Lexem mit der Bedeutung „auf Messen, Messungen 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 metrisch

  • metrischer masculine nominative singular
  • metrische feminine nominative singular
  • metrisches neuter nominative singular
  • metrischen genitive masculine singular
  • metrischem dative masculine singular
  • der metrische definite includes-article masculine
  • die metrische definite feminine includes-article
  • das metrische definite includes-article neuter
  • die metrischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des metrischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der metrischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem metrischen dative definite includes-article
  • den metrischen dative definite includes-article
  • metr. abbreviation

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

How do you pronounce metrisch?

  • /ˈmeːtʁɪʃ/
  • [ˈmeːtʁɪʃ]

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

English words that translate to metrisch

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

How common is metrisch in German?

metrisch appears about once in every 5 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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