paraphyletisch
German, adjective/paʁafyˈleːtɪʃ/
paraphyletisch is spelled P-A-R-A-P-H-Y-L-E-T-I-S-C-H (14 letters). Paraphyletisch is a German adjective meaning “paraphyletic (excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass es keine natürliche Abstammungsgemeinschaft mit einem gemeinsamen Ahnen bildet (häufig entgegen…”.
What does paraphyletisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
paraphyletic (excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so, dass es keine natürliche Abstammungsgemeinschaft mit einem gemeinsamen Ahnen bildet (häufig entgegen ursprünglichen Erwartungen)
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 paraphyletisch
- paraphyletischer masculine nominative singular
- paraphyletische feminine nominative singular
- paraphyletisches neuter nominative singular
- paraphyletischen genitive masculine singular
- paraphyletischem dative masculine singular
- der paraphyletische definite includes-article masculine
- die paraphyletische definite feminine includes-article
- das paraphyletische definite includes-article neuter
- die paraphyletischen definite includes-article nominative
- des paraphyletischen definite genitive includes-article
- der paraphyletischen definite feminine genitive
- dem paraphyletischen dative definite includes-article
- den paraphyletischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paraphyletisch?
- /paʁafyˈleːtɪʃ/
- [paʁafyˈleːtɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paraphyletisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.