neugriechisch
German, adjective/ˈnɔɪ̯ɡʁiːçɪʃ/
neugriechisch is spelled N-E-U-G-R-I-E-C-H-I-S-C-H (13 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 241,486th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Neugriechisch is a German adjective meaning “Modern Greek” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich auf die heute gesprochene griechische Sprache beziehend, in ihr verfasst”.
What does neugriechisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Modern Greek
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die griechische Sprache seit 1453 und heutige Amtssprache Griechenlands
adjective: 1. sich auf die heute gesprochene griechische Sprache beziehend, in ihr verfasst
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 neugriechisch
- neugriechischer masculine nominative singular
- neugriechische feminine nominative singular
- neugriechisches neuter nominative singular
- neugriechischen genitive masculine singular
- neugriechischem dative masculine singular
- der neugriechische definite includes-article masculine
- die neugriechische definite feminine includes-article
- das neugriechische definite includes-article neuter
- die neugriechischen definite includes-article nominative
- des neugriechischen definite genitive includes-article
- der neugriechischen definite feminine genitive
- dem neugriechischen dative definite includes-article
- den neugriechischen dative definite includes-article
- Ngr. abbreviation
- Neugriech. abbreviation
- el abbreviation
- gre abbreviation
- ell abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce neugriechisch?
- /ˈnɔɪ̯ɡʁiːçɪʃ/
- [ˈnɔɪ̯ˌɡʁiːçɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is neugriechisch in German?
neugriechisch appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).