sorbisch
German, adjective
sorbisch is spelled S-O-R-B-I-S-C-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sorbisch is a German adjective meaning “Sorbian (related to the Sorbian people or their language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Sorbisch is a different word: “Sorbian (belonging or relating to the Sorbian people)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zum Volk der Sorben gehörig”.
What does sorbisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Sorbian (related to the Sorbian people or their language)
adjective
- 1
obsoleteSorbian (belonging or relating to the Sorbian people)
- 2
obsoleteSorbian (in or relating to the Sorbian language)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Sammelbezeichnung für die westslawischen Sprachen Obersorbisch und Niedersorbisch in der Lausitz
adjective: 1. zum Volk der Sorben gehörig 2. zu den sorbischen Sprachen (Sorbisch) gehörig
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 sorbisch
- Sorbischer masculine nominative singular
- Sorbische feminine nominative singular
- Sorbisches neuter nominative singular
- Sorbischen genitive masculine singular
- Sorbischem dative masculine singular
- der Sorbische definite includes-article masculine
- die Sorbische definite feminine includes-article
- das Sorbische definite includes-article neuter
- die Sorbischen definite includes-article nominative
- des Sorbischen definite genitive includes-article
- der Sorbischen definite feminine genitive
- dem Sorbischen dative definite includes-article
- den Sorbischen dative definite includes-article
- wen abbreviation
- (das) Sorbisch nominative singular
- (des) Sorbisch genitive singular
- (des) Sorbischs genitive singular
- (dem) Sorbisch dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sorbisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sorbisch in German?
sorbisch appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).