pessimistisch
German, adjective[ˌpɛsiˈmɪstɪʃ]
pessimistisch is spelled P-E-S-S-I-M-I-S-T-I-S-C-H (13 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,479th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pessimistisch is a German adjective meaning “pessimistic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schwarzsehend; eine negative Einstellung habend”.
What does pessimistisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pessimistic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. schwarzsehend; eine negative Einstellung habend
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 pessimistisch
- pessimistischer masculine nominative singular
- am pessimistischsten superlative
- pessimistische feminine nominative singular
- pessimistisches neuter nominative singular
- pessimistischen genitive masculine singular
- pessimistischem dative masculine singular
- der pessimistische definite includes-article masculine
- die pessimistische definite feminine includes-article
- das pessimistische definite includes-article neuter
- die pessimistischen definite includes-article nominative
- des pessimistischen definite genitive includes-article
- der pessimistischen definite feminine genitive
- dem pessimistischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pessimistisch?
- [ˌpɛsiˈmɪstɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pessimistisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pessimistisch in German?
pessimistisch appears 1.3 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).