zänkisch
German, adjective/ˈt͡sɛŋkɪʃ/
zänkisch is spelled Z-Ä-N-K-I-S-C-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written German, the 339,062nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zänkisch is a German adjective meaning “quarrelsome, cantankerous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “streitsüchtig, Streit suchend, Zank und Ärger verbreitend”.
What does zänkisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
quarrelsome, cantankerous
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. streitsüchtig, Streit suchend, Zank und Ärger verbreitend
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 zänkisch
- zänkischer masculine nominative singular
- am zänkischsten superlative
- zänkische feminine nominative singular
- zänkisches neuter nominative singular
- zänkischen genitive masculine singular
- zänkischem dative masculine singular
- der zänkische definite includes-article masculine
- die zänkische definite feminine includes-article
- das zänkische definite includes-article neuter
- die zänkischen definite includes-article nominative
- des zänkischen definite genitive includes-article
- der zänkischen definite feminine genitive
- dem zänkischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zänkisch?
- /ˈt͡sɛŋkɪʃ/
- [ˈt͡sɛŋkɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zänkisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zänkisch in German?
zänkisch appears about once in every 33 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).