abwegig
German, adjective/ˈapˌveːɡɪç/
abwegig is spelled A-B-W-E-G-I-G (7 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,467th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abwegig is a German adjective meaning “erroneous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass es nicht ernsthaft in Betracht gezogen werden kann”.
What does abwegig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
erroneous
- 2
perverse, wayward
- 3
eccentric
- 4
absurd
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so, dass es nicht ernsthaft in Betracht gezogen werden kann
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 abwegig
- abwegiger masculine nominative singular
- am abwegigsten superlative
- abwegige feminine nominative singular
- abwegiges neuter nominative singular
- abwegigen genitive masculine singular
- abwegigem dative masculine singular
- der abwegige definite includes-article masculine
- die abwegige definite feminine includes-article
- das abwegige definite includes-article neuter
- die abwegigen definite includes-article nominative
- des abwegigen definite genitive includes-article
- der abwegigen definite feminine genitive
- dem abwegigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abwegig?
- /ˈapˌveːɡɪç/
- /ˈapˌveːɡɪk/
- [ˈapˌveːɡɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abwegig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abwegig in German?
abwegig appears 2.1 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).