bissig
German, adjective/ˈbɪsɪç/
bissig is spelled B-I-S-S-I-G (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bissig is a German adjective meaning “snappy, snappish, biting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “charakterlich so, dass jemand/etwas zum schnellen Zubeißen neigt”.
What does bissig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
snappy, snappish, biting
- 2
acrimonious
- 3
vicious, scathing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. charakterlich so, dass jemand/etwas zum schnellen Zubeißen neigt 2. scharf, pointiert formuliert und dadurch oft verletzend
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 bissig
- bissiger masculine nominative singular
- am bissigsten superlative
- bissige feminine nominative singular
- bissiges neuter nominative singular
- bissigen genitive masculine singular
- bissigem dative masculine singular
- der bissige definite includes-article masculine
- die bissige definite feminine includes-article
- das bissige definite includes-article neuter
- die bissigen definite includes-article nominative
- des bissigen definite genitive includes-article
- der bissigen definite feminine genitive
- dem bissigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bissig?
- /ˈbɪsɪç/
- /ˈbɪsɪk/
- [ˈbɪsɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bissig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bissig in German?
bissig appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).