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affig

German, adjective/ˈafɪç/

affig is spelled A-F-F-I-G (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 75,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Affig is a German adjective meaning “conceited, stuck up, vain, la-di-da” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “übertrieben auf das Äußere und die Wirkung auf andere Menschen bedacht”.

What does affig mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    conceited, stuck up, vain, la-di-da

  2. 2

    silly

  3. 3

    affected

  4. 4

    apish

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. übertrieben auf das Äußere und die Wirkung auf andere Menschen bedacht 2. töricht in der Handlungsweise oder lächerlich im Erscheinungsbild 3. künstlich in der Art, Gefühle zu äußern oder darzustellen 4. im Benehmen wie ein Affe

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 affig

  • affiger masculine nominative singular
  • am affigsten superlative
  • affige feminine nominative singular
  • affiges neuter nominative singular
  • affigen genitive masculine singular
  • affigem dative masculine singular
  • der affige definite includes-article masculine
  • die affige definite feminine includes-article
  • das affige definite includes-article neuter
  • die affigen definite includes-article nominative
  • des affigen definite genitive includes-article
  • der affigen definite feminine genitive
  • dem affigen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce affig?

  • /ˈafɪç/
  • /ˈafɪk/
  • [ˈafɪç]

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

English words that translate to affig

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

How common is affig in German?

affig appears about once in every 3 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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