sadistisch
German, adjective/zaˈdɪstɪʃ/
sadistisch is spelled S-A-D-I-S-T-I-S-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 82,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sadistisch is a German adjective meaning “sadistic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach Art eines Sadisten verfahrend, den Sadismus betreffend”.
What does sadistisch mean in English?
adjective
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sadistic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nach Art eines Sadisten verfahrend, den Sadismus 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 sadistisch
- sadistischer masculine nominative singular
- am sadistischsten superlative
- sadistische feminine nominative singular
- sadistisches neuter nominative singular
- sadistischen genitive masculine singular
- sadistischem dative masculine singular
- der sadistische definite includes-article masculine
- die sadistische definite feminine includes-article
- das sadistische definite includes-article neuter
- die sadistischen definite includes-article nominative
- des sadistischen definite genitive includes-article
- der sadistischen definite feminine genitive
- dem sadistischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sadistisch?
- /zaˈdɪstɪʃ/
- [zaˈdɪstɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sadistisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sadistisch in German?
sadistisch appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).