aufwendig
German, adjective[ˈʔaʊ̯fvɛndɪç]
aufwendig is a German adjective meaning “elaborate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit großem Aufwand oder Einsatz verbunden”.
What does aufwendig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
elaborate
- 2
expensive, costly, lavish
- 3
time-consuming
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit großem Aufwand oder Einsatz verbunden 2. mit hohen Ausgaben verbunden
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 aufwendig
- aufwendiger masculine nominative singular
- am aufwendigsten superlative
- aufwendige feminine nominative singular
- aufwendiges neuter nominative singular
- aufwendigen genitive masculine singular
- aufwendigem dative masculine singular
- der aufwendige definite includes-article masculine
- die aufwendige definite feminine includes-article
- das aufwendige definite includes-article neuter
- die aufwendigen definite includes-article nominative
- des aufwendigen definite genitive includes-article
- der aufwendigen definite feminine genitive
- dem aufwendigen dative definite includes-article
- aufwändig alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aufwendig?
- [ˈʔaʊ̯fvɛndɪç]
- [ˈʔaʊ̯fvɛndɪk]
- [ˈaʊ̯fˌvɛndɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aufwendig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aufwendig in German?
aufwendig appears 5.6 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).