achselzuckend
German, adjective/ˈaksl̩ˌt͡sʊkn̩t/
achselzuckend is spelled A-C-H-S-E-L-Z-U-C-K-E-N-D (13 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 113,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Achselzuckend is a German adjective meaning “indifferent (as by shrugging)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit den Achseln zuckend, meist um Nichtwissen/Unschlüssigkeit oder Ähnliches anzudeuten”.
What does achselzuckend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
indifferent (as by shrugging)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit den Achseln zuckend, meist um Nichtwissen/Unschlüssigkeit oder Ähnliches anzudeuten
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 achselzuckend
- achselzuckender masculine nominative singular
- achselzuckende feminine nominative singular
- achselzuckendes neuter nominative singular
- achselzuckenden genitive masculine singular
- achselzuckendem dative masculine singular
- der achselzuckende definite includes-article masculine
- die achselzuckende definite feminine includes-article
- das achselzuckende definite includes-article neuter
- die achselzuckenden definite includes-article nominative
- des achselzuckenden definite genitive includes-article
- der achselzuckenden definite feminine genitive
- dem achselzuckenden dative definite includes-article
- den achselzuckenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce achselzuckend?
- /ˈaksl̩ˌt͡sʊkn̩t/
- /ˈaksl̩ˌt͡sʊkŋ̩t/
- [ˈaksl̩ˌt͡sʊkn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is achselzuckend in German?
achselzuckend appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).