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bucklig

German, adjective/ˈbʊklɪç/

bucklig is a German adjective meaning “humped, humpbacked” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Wölbung im Rücken habend”.

What does bucklig mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    humped, humpbacked

  2. 2

    bumpy

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. eine Wölbung im Rücken habend 2. kleine Hügel, kleine Erhöhungen aufweisend

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 bucklig

  • buckliger masculine nominative singular
  • am buckligsten superlative
  • bucklige feminine nominative singular
  • buckliges neuter nominative singular
  • buckligen genitive masculine singular
  • buckligem dative masculine singular
  • der bucklige definite includes-article masculine
  • die bucklige definite feminine includes-article
  • das bucklige definite includes-article neuter
  • die buckligen definite includes-article nominative
  • des buckligen definite genitive includes-article
  • der buckligen definite feminine genitive
  • dem buckligen dative definite includes-article
  • buckelig variant
  • bucklert variant

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bucklig?

  • Germany /ˈbʊklɪç/
  • Austria /ˈbʊklɪk/
  • [ˈbʊklɪç]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to bucklig

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bucklig in German?

bucklig appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).