sinister
German, adjective/ziˈnɪs.tɐ/
sinister is spelled S-I-N-I-S-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sinister is a German adjective meaning “sinister” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “düster und unheilvoll”.
What does sinister mean in English?
adjective
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sinister
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. düster und unheilvoll 2. links, auf der linken Seite
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 sinister
- sinisterer masculine nominative singular
- am sinistersten superlative
- sinistere feminine nominative singular
- sinisteres neuter nominative singular
- sinisteren genitive masculine singular
- sinisterem dative masculine singular
- der sinistere definite includes-article masculine
- die sinistere definite feminine includes-article
- das sinistere definite includes-article neuter
- die sinisteren definite includes-article nominative
- des sinisteren definite genitive includes-article
- der sinisteren definite feminine genitive
- dem sinisteren dative definite includes-article
- sin. abbreviation
- sinistrer comparative
- sinistre positive nominative strong
- sinistres positive nominative strong
- sinistren positive genitive strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sinister?
- /ziˈnɪs.tɐ/
- [ziˈnɪstɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sinister
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sinister in German?
sinister appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).