Polyglot Dictionary

boshaft

/ˈboːshaft/

adjective C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. malicious

    Built from Bosheit (malice) + -haft (-ish).

Made of

  • Bosheit malice
  • -haft -ish

Similar words

böswillig

Böswillig leans toward legal or formal contexts, like malicious intent; boshaft is more everyday and personal, like a spiteful remark or a naughty child.

Similar in other languages

French

malveillant

malveillant is the French word for the same thing — both mean "malicious."

Practice

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