drahtig
German, adjective/ˈdʁaːtɪç/
drahtig is spelled D-R-A-H-T-I-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 174,963rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Drahtig is a German adjective meaning “wiry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ähnlich wie Draht, drahtartig”.
What does drahtig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wiry
- 2
sporty, lean, agile
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ähnlich wie Draht, drahtartig 2. durchtrainiert und schlank
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 drahtig
- drahtiger masculine nominative singular
- am drahtigsten superlative
- drahtige feminine nominative singular
- drahtiges neuter nominative singular
- drahtigen genitive masculine singular
- drahtigem dative masculine singular
- der drahtige definite includes-article masculine
- die drahtige definite feminine includes-article
- das drahtige definite includes-article neuter
- die drahtigen definite includes-article nominative
- des drahtigen definite genitive includes-article
- der drahtigen definite feminine genitive
- dem drahtigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce drahtig?
- /ˈdʁaːtɪç/
- /ˈdʁaːtɪk/
- [ˈdʁaːtɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to drahtig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is drahtig in German?
drahtig appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).