pedantisch
German, adjective/peˈdantɪʃ/
pedantisch is spelled P-E-D-A-N-T-I-S-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 72,255th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pedantisch is a German adjective meaning “pedantic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas übertrieben genau nehmend; kleinlich”.
What does pedantisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pedantic
- 2
punctilious; meticulous
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. etwas übertrieben genau nehmend; kleinlich
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 pedantisch
- pedantischer masculine nominative singular
- am pedantischsten superlative
- am pedantischesten archaic superlative
- pedantische feminine nominative singular
- pedantisches neuter nominative singular
- pedantischen genitive masculine singular
- pedantischem dative masculine singular
- der pedantische definite includes-article masculine
- die pedantische definite feminine includes-article
- das pedantische definite includes-article neuter
- die pedantischen definite includes-article nominative
- des pedantischen definite genitive includes-article
- der pedantischen definite feminine genitive
- dem pedantischen dative definite includes-article
- pedant variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pedantisch?
- /peˈdantɪʃ/
- [ˌpeˈdantɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pedantisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pedantisch in German?
pedantisch appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).