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schottisch

German, adjective/ˈʃɔtɪʃ/

schottisch is spelled S-C-H-O-T-T-I-S-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 77,779th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schottisch is a German adjective meaning “Scottish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zum Volk der Schotten gehörig”.

What does schottisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Scottish

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. zum Volk der Schotten gehörig 2. zu Schottland gehörig 3. auf das schottische Englisch, Scots oder die schottisch-gälische Sprache bezogen

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 schottisch

  • schottischer masculine nominative singular
  • schottische feminine nominative singular
  • schottisches neuter nominative singular
  • schottischen genitive masculine singular
  • schottischem dative masculine singular
  • der schottische definite includes-article masculine
  • die schottische definite feminine includes-article
  • das schottische definite includes-article neuter
  • die schottischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des schottischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der schottischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem schottischen dative definite includes-article
  • den schottischen dative definite includes-article
  • schott. abbreviation
  • am schottischsten superlative

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

How do you pronounce schottisch?

  • /ˈʃɔtɪʃ/
  • [ˈʃɔtɪʃ]

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

English words that translate to schottisch

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

How common is schottisch in German?

schottisch 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).

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