Whisky
German, noun/ˈvɪski/
Whisky is spelled W-H-I-S-K-Y (6 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written German, the 11,404th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Whisky is a German masculine noun meaning “whisky (alcoholic drink)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “alkoholisches Getränk, das aus Gerste oder Malz durch Fermentierung und Destillation gewonnen wird”.
What does Whisky mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewhisky (alcoholic drink)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. alkoholisches Getränk, das aus Gerste oder Malz durch Fermentierung und Destillation gewonnen wird
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 Whisky
- Whiskys genitive
- Irischer und amerikanischer Whisky schreibt sich am Ende mit ey; Whiskey. alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Whisky?
- /ˈvɪski/
- /ˈwɪski/
- [ˈvɪski]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Whisky
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Whisky in German?
Whisky appears 5.5 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).