pittoresk
German, adjective/pɪtoˈʁɛsk/
pittoresk is spelled P-I-T-T-O-R-E-S-K (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pittoresk is a German adjective meaning “picturesque” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wie von einem Maler gemalt”.
What does pittoresk mean in English?
adjective
- 1
picturesque
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. wie von einem Maler gemalt
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 pittoresk
- pittoresker masculine nominative singular
- am pittoreskesten superlative
- pittoreske feminine nominative singular
- pittoreskes neuter nominative singular
- pittoresken genitive masculine singular
- pittoreskem dative masculine singular
- der pittoreske definite includes-article masculine
- die pittoreske definite feminine includes-article
- das pittoreske definite includes-article neuter
- die pittoresken definite includes-article nominative
- des pittoresken definite genitive includes-article
- der pittoresken definite feminine genitive
- dem pittoresken dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pittoresk?
- /pɪtoˈʁɛsk/
- [ˌpɪtoˈʁɛsk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pittoresk
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pittoresk in German?
pittoresk appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).