borstig
German, adjective/ˈbɔʁstɪç/
borstig is spelled B-O-R-S-T-I-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 216,904th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Borstig is a German adjective meaning “bristly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Borsten versehen”.
What does borstig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bristly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit Borsten versehen 2. rücksichtslos und ungestüm im Verhalten anderen gegenüber
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 borstig
- borstiger masculine nominative singular
- am borstigsten superlative
- borstige feminine nominative singular
- borstiges neuter nominative singular
- borstigen genitive masculine singular
- borstigem dative masculine singular
- der borstige definite includes-article masculine
- die borstige definite feminine includes-article
- das borstige definite includes-article neuter
- die borstigen definite includes-article nominative
- des borstigen definite genitive includes-article
- der borstigen definite feminine genitive
- dem borstigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce borstig?
- /ˈbɔʁstɪç/
- /ˈbɔʁstɪk/
- [ˈbɔʁstɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is borstig in German?
borstig appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).