bodenständig
German, adjective/ˈboːdn̩ʃtɛndɪç/
bodenständig is spelled B-O-D-E-N-S-T-Ä-N-D-I-G (12 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 33,501st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bodenständig is a German adjective meaning “down-home, down-to-earth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “lange Zeit an einer Stelle verweilend, beheimatet, verwurzelt”.
What does bodenständig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
down-home, down-to-earth
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. lange Zeit an einer Stelle verweilend, beheimatet, verwurzelt 2. normal, im Sinne von nicht abgehoben oder elitär
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 bodenständig
- bodenständiger masculine nominative singular
- am bodenständigsten superlative
- bodenständige feminine nominative singular
- bodenständiges neuter nominative singular
- bodenständigen genitive masculine singular
- bodenständigem dative masculine singular
- der bodenständige definite includes-article masculine
- die bodenständige definite feminine includes-article
- das bodenständige definite includes-article neuter
- die bodenständigen definite includes-article nominative
- des bodenständigen definite genitive includes-article
- der bodenständigen definite feminine genitive
- dem bodenständigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bodenständig?
- /ˈboːdn̩ʃtɛndɪç/
- /ˈboːdənʃtɛndɪç/
- [ˈboːdn̩ˌʃtɛndɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bodenständig in German?
bodenständig appears 1.3 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).