verbrecherisch
German, adjective[fɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛçəʁɪʃ]
verbrecherisch is spelled V-E-R-B-R-E-C-H-E-R-I-S-C-H (14 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 101,039th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verbrecherisch is a German adjective meaning “criminal (willing to commit crimes or other acts morally likened to crimes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “derart moralisch inakzeptabel, dass es wie ein Verbrechen wirkt”.
What does verbrecherisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
criminal (willing to commit crimes or other acts morally likened to crimes)
ein verbrecherisches Regime
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. derart moralisch inakzeptabel, dass es wie ein Verbrechen wirkt 2. keine Hemmungen habend, Straftaten zu begehen
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 verbrecherisch
- verbrecherischer masculine nominative singular
- am verbrecherischsten superlative
- verbrecherische feminine nominative singular
- verbrecherisches neuter nominative singular
- verbrecherischen genitive masculine singular
- verbrecherischem dative masculine singular
- der verbrecherische definite includes-article masculine
- die verbrecherische definite feminine includes-article
- das verbrecherische definite includes-article neuter
- die verbrecherischen definite includes-article nominative
- des verbrecherischen definite genitive includes-article
- der verbrecherischen definite feminine genitive
- dem verbrecherischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verbrecherisch?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛçəʁɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verbrecherisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verbrecherisch in German?
verbrecherisch appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).