aalglatt
German, adjective/ˌaːlˈɡlat/
aalglatt is spelled A-A-L-G-L-A-T-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 134,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aalglatt is a German adjective meaning “very slippery, like the skin of an eel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von der oberflächlichen Beschaffenheit her wie eine Aalhaut; schleimig-glatt, schlüpfrig”.
What does aalglatt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
very slippery, like the skin of an eel
- 2
slippery; unlikely to commit oneself
- 3
derogatoryslick; slimy; professional in a disingenuous way
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von der oberflächlichen Beschaffenheit her wie eine Aalhaut; schleimig-glatt, schlüpfrig 2. sehr gewandt und kaum angreifbar, schwer (mit Argumenten) zu packen, für alles eine Ausrede habend, mit Hilfe geschickter Rhetorik seine Interessen durchsetzend
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 aalglatt
- aalglatter masculine nominative singular
- am aalglattesten superlative
- aalglatte feminine nominative singular
- aalglattes neuter nominative singular
- aalglatten genitive masculine singular
- aalglattem dative masculine singular
- der aalglatte definite includes-article masculine
- die aalglatte definite feminine includes-article
- das aalglatte definite includes-article neuter
- die aalglatten definite includes-article nominative
- des aalglatten definite genitive includes-article
- der aalglatten definite feminine genitive
- dem aalglatten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aalglatt?
- /ˌaːlˈɡlat/
- [ˈaːlˈɡlat]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aalglatt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aalglatt in German?
aalglatt appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).