eigensinnig
German, adjective/ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌzɪnɪç/
eigensinnig is spelled E-I-G-E-N-S-I-N-N-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eigensinnig is a German adjective meaning “self-willed, stubborn, defiant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gegen alle vernünftigen Vorstellungen beharrend, von Eigensinn bestimmt”.
What does eigensinnig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
self-willed, stubborn, defiant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gegen alle vernünftigen Vorstellungen beharrend, von Eigensinn bestimmt
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 eigensinnig
- eigensinniger masculine nominative singular
- am eigensinnigsten superlative
- eigensinnige feminine nominative singular
- eigensinniges neuter nominative singular
- eigensinnigen genitive masculine singular
- eigensinnigem dative masculine singular
- der eigensinnige definite includes-article masculine
- die eigensinnige definite feminine includes-article
- das eigensinnige definite includes-article neuter
- die eigensinnigen definite includes-article nominative
- des eigensinnigen definite genitive includes-article
- der eigensinnigen definite feminine genitive
- dem eigensinnigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce eigensinnig?
- /ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌzɪnɪç/
- /-ˌzɪnɪk/
- [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌzɪnɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to eigensinnig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eigensinnig in German?
eigensinnig appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).