sympathisch
German, adjective/zʏmˈpaːtɪʃ/
sympathisch is spelled S-Y-M-P-A-T-H-I-S-C-H (11 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written German, the 8,046th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sympathisch is a German adjective meaning “friendly, likable even at a first impression” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu Sympathien motivierend; charmant, nett”.
What does sympathisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
friendly, likable even at a first impression
- 2
datedsympathetic, characterized by sympathy
- 3
sympathetic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zu Sympathien motivierend; charmant, nett
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 sympathisch
- sympathischer masculine nominative singular
- am sympathischsten superlative
- sympathische feminine nominative singular
- sympathisches neuter nominative singular
- sympathischen genitive masculine singular
- sympathischem dative masculine singular
- der sympathische definite includes-article masculine
- die sympathische definite feminine includes-article
- das sympathische definite includes-article neuter
- die sympathischen definite includes-article nominative
- des sympathischen definite genitive includes-article
- der sympathischen definite feminine genitive
- dem sympathischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sympathisch?
- /zʏmˈpaːtɪʃ/
- [zʏmˈpaːtɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sympathisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sympathisch in German?
sympathisch appears 8.5 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).