argwöhnisch
German, adjective/ˈaʁkvøːnɪʃ/
argwöhnisch is spelled A-R-G-W-Ö-H-N-I-S-C-H (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 61,377th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Argwöhnisch is a German adjective meaning “suspicious, leery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “voll Argwohn, zum Verdacht neigend”.
What does argwöhnisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
suspicious, leery
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. voll Argwohn, zum Verdacht neigend
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 argwöhnisch
- argwöhnischer masculine nominative singular
- am argwöhnischsten superlative
- argwöhnische feminine nominative singular
- argwöhnisches neuter nominative singular
- argwöhnischen genitive masculine singular
- argwöhnischem dative masculine singular
- der argwöhnische definite includes-article masculine
- die argwöhnische definite feminine includes-article
- das argwöhnische definite includes-article neuter
- die argwöhnischen definite includes-article nominative
- des argwöhnischen definite genitive includes-article
- der argwöhnischen definite feminine genitive
- dem argwöhnischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce argwöhnisch?
- /ˈaʁkvøːnɪʃ/
- [ˈaʁkvøːnɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to argwöhnisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is argwöhnisch in German?
argwöhnisch appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).