heftig
German, adjective/ˈhɛftɪç/
heftig is a German adjective meaning “fierce, heavy, vehement, severe, violent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit großer Intensität; sehr stark”.
What does heftig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fierce, heavy, vehement, severe, violent
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit großer Intensität; sehr stark 2. sehr, tüchtig, deftig, doll; heftiglich, heftiglichen, arg
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 heftig
- heftiger masculine nominative singular
- am heftigsten superlative
- heftige feminine nominative singular
- heftiges neuter nominative singular
- heftigen genitive masculine singular
- heftigem dative masculine singular
- der heftige definite includes-article masculine
- die heftige definite feminine includes-article
- das heftige definite includes-article neuter
- die heftigen definite includes-article nominative
- des heftigen definite genitive includes-article
- der heftigen definite feminine genitive
- dem heftigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce heftig?
- /ˈhɛftɪç/
- [ˈhɛftʰɪç]
- /ˈhɛftɪk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to heftig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is heftig in German?
heftig appears 22 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).