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weiss

German, adjective

weiss is a German adjective meaning “Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of weiß” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Weiss is a different word: “Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Weiß”.

What does weiss mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    SwitzerlandSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of weiß

noun

as Weiss
  1. 1

    SwitzerlandneuterSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Weiß

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

Forms of weiss

  • weisser masculine nominative singular
  • am weissesten superlative
  • weisse feminine nominative singular
  • weisses neuter nominative singular
  • weissen genitive masculine singular
  • weissem dative masculine singular
  • der weisse definite includes-article masculine
  • die weisse definite feminine includes-article
  • das weisse definite includes-article neuter
  • die weissen definite includes-article nominative
  • des weissen definite genitive includes-article
  • der weissen definite feminine genitive
  • dem weissen dative definite includes-article

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

English words that translate to weiss

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

How common is weiss in German?

weiss appears 562 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).