wirsch
German, adjective/vɪʁʃ/
wirsch is spelled W-I-R-S-C-H (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 172,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wirsch is a German adjective meaning “surly, gruff, testy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ärgerlich, aufgeregt”.
What does wirsch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
raresurly, gruff, testy
- 2
rareimpatient, agitated, wild
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ärgerlich, aufgeregt
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 wirsch
- wirscher masculine nominative singular
- am wirschesten superlative
- am wirschsten superlative
- wirsche feminine nominative singular
- wirsches neuter nominative singular
- wirschen genitive masculine singular
- wirschem dative masculine singular
- der wirsche definite includes-article masculine
- die wirsche definite feminine includes-article
- das wirsche definite includes-article neuter
- die wirschen definite includes-article nominative
- des wirschen definite genitive includes-article
- der wirschen definite feminine genitive
- dem wirschen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wirsch?
- /vɪʁʃ/
- [vɪʁʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is wirsch in German?
wirsch appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).