Sarkasmus
German, noun[zaʁˈkasmʊs]
Sarkasmus is spelled S-A-R-K-A-S-M-U-S (9 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 17,848th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sarkasmus is a German masculine noun meaning “sarcasm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “beißender, verletzender Hohn oder Spott”.
What does Sarkasmus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesarcasm
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. beißender, verletzender Hohn oder Spott 2. Sarkasmus enthaltende, sarkastische Äußerung
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 Sarkasmus
- Sarkasmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sarkasmus?
- [zaʁˈkasmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sarkasmus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sarkasmus in German?
Sarkasmus appears 3.0 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).