Polemik
German, noun[poˈleːmɪk]
Polemik is spelled P-O-L-E-M-I-K (7 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written German, the 15,068th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polemik is a German feminine noun meaning “polemics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “öffentlicher, meist scharfer Meinungsstreit im Rahmen politischer, literarischer, gesellschaftlicher…”.
What does Polemik mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepolemics
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. öffentlicher, meist scharfer Meinungsstreit im Rahmen politischer, literarischer, gesellschaftlicher, religiöser oder wissenschaftlicher Diskussionen, der neben der sachlichen Widerlegung zugleich auch die moralische Demaskierung des Diskussionsgegners bezweckt 2. unsachlicher Angriff
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 Polemik
- Polemiken plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Polemik?
- [poˈleːmɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Polemik
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Polemik in German?
Polemik appears 3.8 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).