symbolisch
German, adjective/zʏmˈboːlɪʃ/
symbolisch is spelled S-Y-M-B-O-L-I-S-C-H (10 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written German, the 14,778th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Symbolisch is a German adjective meaning “symbolic/symbolical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sinnbildlich, ein Sinnbild darstellend oder enthaltend”.
What does symbolisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
symbolic/symbolical
- 2
figurative
adverb
- 1
symbolically
- 2
figuratively
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sinnbildlich, ein Sinnbild darstellend oder enthaltend
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 symbolisch
- symbolischer masculine nominative singular
- am symbolischsten superlative
- symbolische feminine nominative singular
- symbolisches neuter nominative singular
- symbolischen genitive masculine singular
- symbolischem dative masculine singular
- der symbolische definite includes-article masculine
- die symbolische definite feminine includes-article
- das symbolische definite includes-article neuter
- die symbolischen definite includes-article nominative
- des symbolischen definite genitive includes-article
- der symbolischen definite feminine genitive
- dem symbolischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce symbolisch?
- /zʏmˈboːlɪʃ/
- [ˌzʏmˈboːlɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to symbolisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is symbolisch in German?
symbolisch appears 3.9 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).