rhetorisch
German, adjective[ʁeˈtoːʁɪʃ]
rhetorisch is spelled R-H-E-T-O-R-I-S-C-H (10 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 31,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rhetorisch is a German adjective meaning “rhetorical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf die Fähigkeit zu reden bezogen”.
What does rhetorisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rhetorical
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf die Fähigkeit zu reden bezogen 2. auf die Rhetorik bezogen 3. in der Verbindung rhetorische Frage: nicht ernst gemeint
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 rhetorisch
- rhetorischer masculine nominative singular
- am rhetorischsten superlative
- rhetorische feminine nominative singular
- rhetorisches neuter nominative singular
- rhetorischen genitive masculine singular
- rhetorischem dative masculine singular
- der rhetorische definite includes-article masculine
- die rhetorische definite feminine includes-article
- das rhetorische definite includes-article neuter
- die rhetorischen definite includes-article nominative
- des rhetorischen definite genitive includes-article
- der rhetorischen definite feminine genitive
- dem rhetorischen dative definite includes-article
- rhet. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rhetorisch?
- [ʁeˈtoːʁɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rhetorisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rhetorisch in German?
rhetorisch appears 1.4 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).