aufdringlich
German, adjective/ˈaʊ̯fˌdʁɪŋlɪç/
aufdringlich is spelled A-U-F-D-R-I-N-G-L-I-C-H (12 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 23,884th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufdringlich is a German adjective meaning “intrusive, pushy, obtrusive, brash, meddlesome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “persönliche Grenzen ignorierend; durch invasives Verhalten störend”.
What does aufdringlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
intrusive, pushy, obtrusive, brash, meddlesome
in aufdringlicher Weise
adverb
- 1
intrusively, obtrusively, importunately
es duftet nicht aufdringlich
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. persönliche Grenzen ignorierend; durch invasives Verhalten störend
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 aufdringlich
- aufdringlicher masculine nominative singular
- am aufdringlichsten superlative
- aufdringliche feminine nominative singular
- aufdringliches neuter nominative singular
- aufdringlichen genitive masculine singular
- aufdringlichem dative masculine singular
- der aufdringliche definite includes-article masculine
- die aufdringliche definite feminine includes-article
- das aufdringliche definite includes-article neuter
- die aufdringlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des aufdringlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der aufdringlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem aufdringlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aufdringlich?
- /ˈaʊ̯fˌdʁɪŋlɪç/
- [ˈaʊ̯fˌdʁɪŋlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aufdringlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aufdringlich in German?
aufdringlich appears 2.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).