riskant
German, adjective/ʁɪsˈkant/
riskant is spelled R-I-S-K-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written German, the 17,543rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Riskant is a German adjective meaning “risky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einem Risiko behaftet/verbunden”.
What does riskant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
risky
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit einem Risiko behaftet/verbunden 2. Wirtschaft: bei einem Geschäft oder Anlagen (wie Aktien): mit der Gefahr eines Wertverlustes behaftet
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 riskant
- riskanter masculine nominative singular
- am riskantesten superlative
- riskante feminine nominative singular
- riskantes neuter nominative singular
- riskanten genitive masculine singular
- riskantem dative masculine singular
- der riskante definite includes-article masculine
- die riskante definite feminine includes-article
- das riskante definite includes-article neuter
- die riskanten definite includes-article nominative
- des riskanten definite genitive includes-article
- der riskanten definite feminine genitive
- dem riskanten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce riskant?
- /ʁɪsˈkant/
- [ʁɪsˈkant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to riskant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is riskant in German?
riskant appears 3.1 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).