wachsam
German, adjective/ˈvaxˌzaːm/
wachsam is spelled W-A-C-H-S-A-M (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wachsam is a German adjective meaning “vigilant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Geschehnisse aufmerksam verfolgend”.
What does wachsam mean in English?
adjective
- 1
vigilant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Geschehnisse aufmerksam verfolgend
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 wachsam
- wachsamer masculine nominative singular
- am wachsamsten superlative
- wachsame feminine nominative singular
- wachsames neuter nominative singular
- wachsamen genitive masculine singular
- wachsamem dative masculine singular
- der wachsame definite includes-article masculine
- die wachsame definite feminine includes-article
- das wachsame definite includes-article neuter
- die wachsamen definite includes-article nominative
- des wachsamen definite genitive includes-article
- der wachsamen definite feminine genitive
- dem wachsamen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wachsam?
- /ˈvaxˌzaːm/
- [ˈvaxˌzaːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wachsam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wachsam in German?
wachsam appears 1.9 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).