süffisant
German, adjective[zʏfiˈzant]
süffisant is spelled S-Ü-F-F-I-S-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 77,779th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Süffisant is a German adjective meaning “smug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “selbstgefällig, genüsslich überlegene Distanz zeigend, ein Gefühl von meist geistiger Überlegenheit zur Schau…”.
What does süffisant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
smug
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. selbstgefällig, genüsslich überlegene Distanz zeigend, ein Gefühl von meist geistiger Überlegenheit zur Schau tragend, spöttisch-überheblich
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 süffisant
- süffisanter masculine nominative singular
- am süffisantesten superlative
- süffisante feminine nominative singular
- süffisantes neuter nominative singular
- süffisanten genitive masculine singular
- süffisantem dative masculine singular
- der süffisante definite includes-article masculine
- die süffisante definite feminine includes-article
- das süffisante definite includes-article neuter
- die süffisanten definite includes-article nominative
- des süffisanten definite genitive includes-article
- der süffisanten definite feminine genitive
- dem süffisanten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce süffisant?
- [zʏfiˈzant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to süffisant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is süffisant in German?
süffisant 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).