dreckig
German, adjective/ˈdʁɛkɪç/
dreckig is spelled D-R-E-C-K-I-G (7 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written German, the 12,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dreckig is a German adjective meaning “dirty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schmutzig, von Dreck befallen”.
What does dreckig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dirty
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. schmutzig, von Dreck befallen 2. unehrenhaft, gemein
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 dreckig
- dreckiger masculine nominative singular
- am dreckigsten superlative
- dreckige feminine nominative singular
- dreckiges neuter nominative singular
- dreckigen genitive masculine singular
- dreckigem dative masculine singular
- der dreckige definite includes-article masculine
- die dreckige definite feminine includes-article
- das dreckige definite includes-article neuter
- die dreckigen definite includes-article nominative
- des dreckigen definite genitive includes-article
- der dreckigen definite feminine genitive
- dem dreckigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dreckig?
- /ˈdʁɛkɪç/
- /ˈdʁɛkɪk/
- [ˈdʁɛkɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dreckig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dreckig in German?
dreckig appears 5.0 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).