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samisch

German, adjective/ˈzaːmɪʃ/

samisch is spelled S-A-M-I-S-C-H (7 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 285,944th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Samisch is a German adjective meaning “Sami” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf die Samen bezogen”.

What does samisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Sami

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Gruppe von Sprachen der Samen, die in Lappland gesprochen werden

adjective: 1. auf die Samen bezogen 2. die Sprache der Samen 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 samisch

  • samischer masculine nominative singular
  • am samischsten superlative
  • samische feminine nominative singular
  • samisches neuter nominative singular
  • samischen genitive masculine singular
  • samischem dative masculine singular
  • der samische definite includes-article masculine
  • die samische definite feminine includes-article
  • das samische definite includes-article neuter
  • die samischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des samischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der samischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem samischen dative definite includes-article
  • smi abbreviation
  • (das) Samisch nominative singular
  • das Samische nominative singular
  • (des) Samisch genitive singular
  • (des) Samischs genitive singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce samisch?

  • /ˈzaːmɪʃ/
  • [ˈzaːmɪʃ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to samisch

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is samisch in German?

samisch appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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