abschlägig
German, adjective/ˈapˌʃlɛːɡɪç/
abschlägig is spelled A-B-S-C-H-L-Ä-G-I-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abschlägig is a German adjective meaning “negative (of an answer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Ansinnen verweigernd”.
What does abschlägig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
negative (of an answer)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ein Ansinnen verweigernd
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 abschlägig
- abschlägiger masculine nominative singular
- abschlägige feminine nominative singular
- abschlägiges neuter nominative singular
- abschlägigen genitive masculine singular
- abschlägigem dative masculine singular
- der abschlägige definite includes-article masculine
- die abschlägige definite feminine includes-article
- das abschlägige definite includes-article neuter
- die abschlägigen definite includes-article nominative
- des abschlägigen definite genitive includes-article
- der abschlägigen definite feminine genitive
- dem abschlägigen dative definite includes-article
- den abschlägigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abschlägig?
- /ˈapˌʃlɛːɡɪç/
- /ˈapˌʃlɛːɡɪk/
- colloquial /ˈapˌʃleːɡɪç/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abschlägig in German?
abschlägig appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).