achtkantig
German, adjective/ˈaxtˌkantɪç/
achtkantig is spelled A-C-H-T-K-A-N-T-I-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Achtkantig is a German adjective meaning “octagonal (having eight edges)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “acht Kanten aufweisend”.
What does achtkantig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
octagonal (having eight edges)
adverb
- 1
colloquialforcefully, with force; construed with verbs such as rausfliegen, rausschmeißen
Als er anfing, mir mit dem Anwalt zu drohen, hab ich ihn achtkantig rausgeschmissen.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. acht Kanten aufweisend
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 achtkantig
- achtkantiger masculine nominative singular
- achtkantige feminine nominative singular
- achtkantiges neuter nominative singular
- achtkantigen genitive masculine singular
- achtkantigem dative masculine singular
- der achtkantige definite includes-article masculine
- die achtkantige definite feminine includes-article
- das achtkantige definite includes-article neuter
- die achtkantigen definite includes-article nominative
- des achtkantigen definite genitive includes-article
- der achtkantigen definite feminine genitive
- dem achtkantigen dative definite includes-article
- den achtkantigen dative definite includes-article
- 8-kantig alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce achtkantig?
- /ˈaxtˌkantɪç/
- [ˈʔaχtˌkan.tɪç]
- /-tɪk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is achtkantig in German?
achtkantig appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).