adjectiveadverb

polnisch

polish · Polish

Etwas, das aus Polen stammt oder mit Polen und seiner Kultur zu tun hat.

Definition & meaning

polnisch means Polish: relating to Poland, its people, or its language. It can describe something made in Poland or associated with Polish culture, for example, Polish food or Polish literature.

The adjective is written lowercase: polnische Sprache (“Polish language”). The name of the language used as a noun is capitalized: Polnisch.

Grammar & word origin

polnisch is an adjective. It comes from Polen (“Poland”) plus the suffix -isch, which forms adjectives meaning “relating to” a place or group.

Like other German adjectives, it takes different endings depending on its grammatical context: polnisch , polnische , polnischer .

Synonyms & antonyms

There is no exact synonym: polnisch specifically means “relating to Poland or Polish.” aus Polen (“from Poland”) can express origin, but it does not have all the same uses as the adjective.

There is no true antonym. Other national adjectives, such as deutsch (“German”) or tschechisch (“Czech”), may contrast with it in context, but they are not opposites in meaning.