aufsässig
German, adjective/ˈʔaʊ̯fˌzɛsɪç/
aufsässig is spelled A-U-F-S-Ä-S-S-I-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 125,379th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufsässig is a German adjective meaning “recalcitrant, rebellious, defiant, insubordinate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich Anweisungen widersetzend, meist aus Trotz oder um zu provozieren”.
What does aufsässig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
recalcitrant, rebellious, defiant, insubordinate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sich Anweisungen widersetzend, meist aus Trotz oder um zu provozieren
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 aufsässig
- aufsässiger masculine nominative singular
- am aufsässigsten superlative
- aufsässige feminine nominative singular
- aufsässiges neuter nominative singular
- aufsässigen genitive masculine singular
- aufsässigem dative masculine singular
- der aufsässige definite includes-article masculine
- die aufsässige definite feminine includes-article
- das aufsässige definite includes-article neuter
- die aufsässigen definite includes-article nominative
- des aufsässigen definite genitive includes-article
- der aufsässigen definite feminine genitive
- dem aufsässigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aufsässig?
- /ˈʔaʊ̯fˌzɛsɪç/
- /ˈʔaʊ̯fˌsɛsɪk/
- [-zɛsɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aufsässig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aufsässig in German?
aufsässig appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).