vācisks

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Latvian

Etymology

From vāci (Germans) +‎ -isks.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

vācisks (definite vāciskais, comparative vāciskāks, superlative visvāciskākais, adverb vāciski)

  1. German (relating to the German language; relating to German people or to Germany)
    vāciska izrunaGerman pronunciation, accent
    dokumenta vāciskais tekststhe German text, version of a document

Usage notes

English “German” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to vācu, the genitive plural form of vāci. The adjective vācisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is German”), or in its adverbial form vāciski.

Declension