anrüchig
German, adjective/ˈanˌʁʏçɪç/
anrüchig is spelled A-N-R-Ü-C-H-I-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anrüchig is a German adjective meaning “morally doubtful; unsavory; disreputable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “für seinen fragwürdigen Ruf oder seine schlechten Eigenschaften/Taten bekannt”.
What does anrüchig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
morally doubtful; unsavory; disreputable
Schmiergelder zu geben hat in manchen Ländern nichts Anrüchiges.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. für seinen fragwürdigen Ruf oder seine schlechten Eigenschaften/Taten bekannt
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 anrüchig
- anrüchiger masculine nominative singular
- am anrüchigsten superlative
- anrüchige feminine nominative singular
- anrüchiges neuter nominative singular
- anrüchigen genitive masculine singular
- anrüchigem dative masculine singular
- der anrüchige definite includes-article masculine
- die anrüchige definite feminine includes-article
- das anrüchige definite includes-article neuter
- die anrüchigen definite includes-article nominative
- des anrüchigen definite genitive includes-article
- der anrüchigen definite feminine genitive
- dem anrüchigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anrüchig?
- /ˈanˌʁʏçɪç/
- /ˈanˌʁʏçɪk/
- [ˈanˌʁʏçɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anrüchig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anrüchig in German?
anrüchig 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).