sumerisch
German, adjective/zuˈmeːʁɪʃ/
sumerisch is spelled S-U-M-E-R-I-S-C-H (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 172,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sumerisch is a German adjective meaning “Sumerian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sumerer und / oder Region Sumer betreffend”.
What does sumerisch mean in English?
adjective
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Sumerian
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. isolierte, agglutinierende Sprache, die bis etwa 1800 v. Chr. im Süden Mesopotamiens gesprochen wurde, niedergeschrieben in Keilschrift
adjective: 1. Sumerer und / oder Region Sumer betreffend 2. Sumerisch, die Sprache der Sumerer, betreffend
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 sumerisch
- sumerischer masculine nominative singular
- am sumerischsten superlative
- sumerische feminine nominative singular
- sumerisches neuter nominative singular
- sumerischen genitive masculine singular
- sumerischem dative masculine singular
- der sumerische definite includes-article masculine
- die sumerische definite feminine includes-article
- das sumerische definite includes-article neuter
- die sumerischen definite includes-article nominative
- des sumerischen definite genitive includes-article
- der sumerischen definite feminine genitive
- dem sumerischen dative definite includes-article
- sux abbreviation
- (das) Sumerisch nominative singular
- das Sumerische nominative singular
- (des) Sumerisch genitive singular
- (des) Sumerischs genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sumerisch?
- /zuˈmeːʁɪʃ/
- [zuˈmeːʁɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sumerisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sumerisch in German?
sumerisch appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).