paternalistisch
German, adjective/patɛʁnaˈlɪstɪʃ/
paternalistisch is spelled P-A-T-E-R-N-A-L-I-S-T-I-S-C-H (15 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 232,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paternalistisch is a German adjective meaning “paternalistic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bevormundend, nach Art des Weltbildes im Paternalismus”.
What does paternalistisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
paternalistic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. bevormundend, nach Art des Weltbildes im Paternalismus
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 paternalistisch
- paternalistischer masculine nominative singular
- am paternalistischsten superlative
- paternalistische feminine nominative singular
- paternalistisches neuter nominative singular
- paternalistischen genitive masculine singular
- paternalistischem dative masculine singular
- der paternalistische definite includes-article masculine
- die paternalistische definite feminine includes-article
- das paternalistische definite includes-article neuter
- die paternalistischen definite includes-article nominative
- des paternalistischen definite genitive includes-article
- der paternalistischen definite feminine genitive
- dem paternalistischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paternalistisch?
- /patɛʁnaˈlɪstɪʃ/
- [patɛʁnaˈlɪstɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is paternalistisch in German?
paternalistisch appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).