wissenschaftlich
German, adjective/ˈvɪsn̩ʃaftlɪç/
wissenschaftlich is spelled W-I-S-S-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T-L-I-C-H (16 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,360th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wissenschaftlich is a German adjective meaning “scientific” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Prinzipien und Methoden der Wissenschaft entsprechend”.
What does wissenschaftlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
scientific
- 2
scholarly, academic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. den Prinzipien und Methoden der Wissenschaft entsprechend
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 wissenschaftlich
- wissenschaftlicher masculine nominative singular
- am wissenschaftlichsten superlative
- wissenschaftliche feminine nominative singular
- wissenschaftliches neuter nominative singular
- wissenschaftlichen genitive masculine singular
- wissenschaftlichem dative masculine singular
- der wissenschaftliche definite includes-article masculine
- die wissenschaftliche definite feminine includes-article
- das wissenschaftliche definite includes-article neuter
- die wissenschaftlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des wissenschaftlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der wissenschaftlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem wissenschaftlichen dative definite includes-article
- wiss. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wissenschaftlich?
- /ˈvɪsn̩ʃaftlɪç/
- /ˈvɪsənʃaftlɪç/
- [ˈvɪsn̩ʃaftlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wissenschaftlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wissenschaftlich in German?
wissenschaftlich appears 14 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).