ratsam
German, adjective/ˈʁaːt.zaːm/
ratsam is spelled R-A-T-S-A-M (6 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written German, the 21,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ratsam is a German adjective meaning “advisable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einem Ratschlag oder der eigenen Einsicht entsprechend”.
What does ratsam mean in English?
adjective
- 1
advisable
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. einem Ratschlag oder der eigenen Einsicht entsprechend
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 ratsam
- ratsamer masculine nominative singular
- am ratsamsten superlative
- ratsame feminine nominative singular
- ratsames neuter nominative singular
- ratsamen genitive masculine singular
- ratsamem dative masculine singular
- der ratsame definite includes-article masculine
- die ratsame definite feminine includes-article
- das ratsame definite includes-article neuter
- die ratsamen definite includes-article nominative
- des ratsamen definite genitive includes-article
- der ratsamen definite feminine genitive
- dem ratsamen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ratsam?
- /ˈʁaːt.zaːm/
- [ˈʁaːtz̥aːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ratsam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ratsam in German?
ratsam appears 2.4 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).