doppelsinnig
German, adjective/ˈdɔpl̩ˌzɪnɪç/
doppelsinnig is spelled D-O-P-P-E-L-S-I-N-N-I-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written German, the 501,868th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Doppelsinnig is a German adjective meaning “ambiguous, equivocal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen doppelten Sinn besitzend”.
What does doppelsinnig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ambiguous, equivocal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. einen doppelten Sinn besitzend
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 doppelsinnig
- doppelsinniger masculine nominative singular
- am doppelsinnigsten superlative
- doppelsinnige feminine nominative singular
- doppelsinniges neuter nominative singular
- doppelsinnigen genitive masculine singular
- doppelsinnigem dative masculine singular
- der doppelsinnige definite includes-article masculine
- die doppelsinnige definite feminine includes-article
- das doppelsinnige definite includes-article neuter
- die doppelsinnigen definite includes-article nominative
- des doppelsinnigen definite genitive includes-article
- der doppelsinnigen definite feminine genitive
- dem doppelsinnigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce doppelsinnig?
- /ˈdɔpl̩ˌzɪnɪç/
- /ˈdɔpl̩ˌzɪnɪk/
- [ˈdɔpl̩ˌzɪnɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is doppelsinnig in German?
doppelsinnig appears about once in every 66 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).