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optimistisch

German, adjective[ˌɔptiˈmɪstɪʃ]

optimistisch is spelled O-P-T-I-M-I-S-T-I-S-C-H (12 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written German, the 10,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Optimistisch is a German adjective meaning “optimistic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “positiv denkend, das Beste annehmend”.

What does optimistisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    optimistic

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. positiv denkend, das Beste annehmend

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 optimistisch

  • optimistischer masculine nominative singular
  • am optimistischsten superlative
  • optimistische feminine nominative singular
  • optimistisches neuter nominative singular
  • optimistischen genitive masculine singular
  • optimistischem dative masculine singular
  • der optimistische definite includes-article masculine
  • die optimistische definite feminine includes-article
  • das optimistische definite includes-article neuter
  • die optimistischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des optimistischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der optimistischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem optimistischen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce optimistisch?

  • [ˌɔptiˈmɪstɪʃ]

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

English words that translate to optimistisch

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

How common is optimistisch in German?

optimistisch appears 6.2 times per 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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