anzüglich
German, adjective[ˈant͡syːklɪç]
anzüglich is spelled A-N-Z-Ü-G-L-I-C-H (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 91,399th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anzüglich is a German adjective meaning “salacious, lewd, especially in a suggestive, insinuating way, less often explicitly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf etwas Unangenehmes anspielend”.
What does anzüglich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
salacious, lewd, especially in a suggestive, insinuating way, less often explicitly
- 2
datedsuggestive; insinuating something embarrassing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf etwas Unangenehmes anspielend 2. ungehörig, anstößig 3. anziehend
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 anzüglich
- anzüglicher masculine nominative singular
- am anzüglichsten superlative
- anzügliche feminine nominative singular
- anzügliches neuter nominative singular
- anzüglichen genitive masculine singular
- anzüglichem dative masculine singular
- der anzügliche definite includes-article masculine
- die anzügliche definite feminine includes-article
- das anzügliche definite includes-article neuter
- die anzüglichen definite includes-article nominative
- des anzüglichen definite genitive includes-article
- der anzüglichen definite feminine genitive
- dem anzüglichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anzüglich?
- [ˈant͡syːklɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anzüglich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anzüglich in German?
anzüglich appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).