spielerisch
German, adjective/ˈʃpiːləʁɪʃ/
spielerisch is spelled S-P-I-E-L-E-R-I-S-C-H (11 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written German, the 14,041st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spielerisch is a German adjective meaning “whimsical, playful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wie im Spiel, locker”.
What does spielerisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
whimsical, playful
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. wie im Spiel, locker 2. das technische Vermögen im Spiel betreffend 3. ohne Ernst
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 spielerisch
- spielerischer masculine nominative singular
- am spielerischsten superlative
- spielerische feminine nominative singular
- spielerisches neuter nominative singular
- spielerischen genitive masculine singular
- spielerischem dative masculine singular
- der spielerische definite includes-article masculine
- die spielerische definite feminine includes-article
- das spielerische definite includes-article neuter
- die spielerischen definite includes-article nominative
- des spielerischen definite genitive includes-article
- der spielerischen definite feminine genitive
- dem spielerischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spielerisch?
- /ˈʃpiːləʁɪʃ/
- [ˈʃpiːləʁɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to spielerisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is spielerisch in German?
spielerisch appears 4.2 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).