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abgründig

German, adjective/ˈʔapɡʁʏndɪç/

abgründig is spelled A-B-G-R-Ü-N-D-I-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 152,733rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abgründig is a German adjective meaning “abysmal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “geheimnisvoll, rätselhaft, auch gefährlich in seiner Unbestimmbarkeit”.

What does abgründig mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    abysmal

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. geheimnisvoll, rätselhaft, auch gefährlich in seiner Unbestimmbarkeit 2. unermesslich tief

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 abgründig

  • abgründiger masculine nominative singular
  • am abgründigsten superlative
  • abgründige feminine nominative singular
  • abgründiges neuter nominative singular
  • abgründigen genitive masculine singular
  • abgründigem dative masculine singular
  • der abgründige definite includes-article masculine
  • die abgründige definite feminine includes-article
  • das abgründige definite includes-article neuter
  • die abgründigen definite includes-article nominative
  • des abgründigen definite genitive includes-article
  • der abgründigen definite feminine genitive
  • dem abgründigen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce abgründig?

  • /ˈʔapɡʁʏndɪç/
  • /ˈʔapɡʁʏndɪk/
  • [ˈapˌɡʁʏndɪç]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to abgründig

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is abgründig in German?

abgründig appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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