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morbid

German, adjective/mɔʁˈbiːt/

morbid is spelled M-O-R-B-I-D (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 120,168th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Morbid is a German adjective meaning “morbid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kränklich, krankhaft”.

What does morbid mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    morbid

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. kränklich, krankhaft 2. den inneren, moralischen Verfall betreffend

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 morbid

  • morbider masculine nominative singular
  • am morbidesten superlative
  • morbide feminine nominative singular
  • morbides neuter nominative singular
  • morbiden genitive masculine singular
  • morbidem dative masculine singular
  • der morbide definite includes-article masculine
  • die morbide definite feminine includes-article
  • das morbide definite includes-article neuter
  • die morbiden definite includes-article nominative
  • des morbiden definite genitive includes-article
  • der morbiden definite feminine genitive
  • dem morbiden dative definite includes-article
  • am morbidsten superlative

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

How do you pronounce morbid?

  • /mɔʁˈbiːt/
  • [mɔʁˈbiːt]

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

English words that translate to morbid

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

How common is morbid in German?

morbid appears about once in every 6 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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