rechthaberisch
German, adjective/ˈʁɛçtˌhaːbəʁɪʃ/
rechthaberisch is a German adjective meaning “tending to consider himself right when disagreeing with other people; opinionated, bossy, dogmatic (of a person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den eigenen Standpunkt gegen alle anderen durchsetzen wollend oder auf der eigenen Meinung beharrend, auch…”.
What does rechthaberisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tending to consider himself right when disagreeing with other people; opinionated, bossy, dogmatic (of a person)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. den eigenen Standpunkt gegen alle anderen durchsetzen wollend oder auf der eigenen Meinung beharrend, auch wenn das Gegenteil bewiesen ist
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 rechthaberisch
- rechthaberischer masculine nominative singular
- am rechthaberischsten superlative
- rechthaberische feminine nominative singular
- rechthaberisches neuter nominative singular
- rechthaberischen genitive masculine singular
- rechthaberischem dative masculine singular
- der rechthaberische definite includes-article masculine
- die rechthaberische definite feminine includes-article
- das rechthaberische definite includes-article neuter
- die rechthaberischen definite includes-article nominative
- des rechthaberischen definite genitive includes-article
- der rechthaberischen definite feminine genitive
- dem rechthaberischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rechthaberisch?
- /ˈʁɛçtˌhaːbəʁɪʃ/
- [ˈʁɛçtˌhaːbəʁɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rechthaberisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rechthaberisch in German?
rechthaberisch appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).