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teuflisch

German, adjective[ˈtʰɔʏ̯flɪʃ]

teuflisch is a German adjective meaning “devilish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Art des Teufels, äußerst böse”.

What does teuflisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    devilish

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. in der Art des Teufels, äußerst böse 2. übertrieben oder extrem

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 teuflisch

  • teuflischer masculine nominative singular
  • am teuflischsten superlative
  • teuflische feminine nominative singular
  • teuflisches neuter nominative singular
  • teuflischen genitive masculine singular
  • teuflischem dative masculine singular
  • der teuflische definite includes-article masculine
  • die teuflische definite feminine includes-article
  • das teuflische definite includes-article neuter
  • die teuflischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des teuflischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der teuflischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem teuflischen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce teuflisch?

  • [ˈtʰɔʏ̯flɪʃ]
  • [ˈtɔɪ̯flɪʃ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to teuflisch

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is teuflisch in German?

teuflisch appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).