Pessimist
German, noun[pɛsiˈmɪst]
Pessimist is spelled P-E-S-S-I-M-I-S-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 63,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pessimist is a German masculine noun meaning “pessimist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “pessimistisch denkender Mensch; Mensch, der eine negative Einstellung zum Leben hat”.
What does Pessimist mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepessimist
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessimistisch denkender Mensch; Mensch, der eine negative Einstellung zum Leben hat
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 Pessimist
- Pessimisten genitive
- Pessimistin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pessimist?
- [pɛsiˈmɪst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pessimist
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pessimist in German?
Pessimist appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).