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polemisch

German, adjective[poˈleːmɪʃ]

polemisch is spelled P-O-L-E-M-I-S-C-H (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,091st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polemisch is a German adjective meaning “polemical, polemic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Art eines unsachlichen Angriffs”.

What does polemisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    polemical, polemic

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. in der Art eines unsachlichen Angriffs

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 polemisch

  • polemischer masculine nominative singular
  • am polemischsten superlative
  • polemische feminine nominative singular
  • polemisches neuter nominative singular
  • polemischen genitive masculine singular
  • polemischem dative masculine singular
  • der polemische definite includes-article masculine
  • die polemische definite feminine includes-article
  • das polemische definite includes-article neuter
  • die polemischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des polemischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der polemischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem polemischen dative definite includes-article
  • pol. abbreviation

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce polemisch?

  • [poˈleːmɪʃ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to polemisch

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is polemisch in German?

polemisch appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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