realpolitisch
German, adjective/ʁeˈaːlpoˌliːtɪʃ/
realpolitisch is spelled R-E-A-L-P-O-L-I-T-I-S-C-H (13 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 161,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Realpolitisch is a German adjective meaning “realpolitikal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Realpolitik betreffend”.
What does realpolitisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
realpolitikal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. die Realpolitik betreffend
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 realpolitisch
- realpolitischer masculine nominative singular
- realpolitische feminine nominative singular
- realpolitisches neuter nominative singular
- realpolitischen genitive masculine singular
- realpolitischem dative masculine singular
- der realpolitische definite includes-article masculine
- die realpolitische definite feminine includes-article
- das realpolitische definite includes-article neuter
- die realpolitischen definite includes-article nominative
- des realpolitischen definite genitive includes-article
- der realpolitischen definite feminine genitive
- dem realpolitischen dative definite includes-article
- den realpolitischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce realpolitisch?
- /ʁeˈaːlpoˌliːtɪʃ/
- [ʁeˈaːlpoˌliːtɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is realpolitisch in German?
realpolitisch appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).