eilig
German, adjective/ˈʔaɪ̯lɪç/
eilig is spelled E-I-L-I-G (5 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written German, the 12,471st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eilig is a German adjective meaning “speedy, hasty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Eile, rasch”.
What does eilig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
speedy, hasty
eine eilige Abreise
- 2
urgent
Ist es eilig?
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in Eile, rasch 2. Eile erfordernd, dringend
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 eilig
- eiliger masculine nominative singular
- am eiligsten superlative
- eilige feminine nominative singular
- eiliges neuter nominative singular
- eiligen genitive masculine singular
- eiligem dative masculine singular
- der eilige definite includes-article masculine
- die eilige definite feminine includes-article
- das eilige definite includes-article neuter
- die eiligen definite includes-article nominative
- des eiligen definite genitive includes-article
- der eiligen definite feminine genitive
- dem eiligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce eilig?
- /ˈʔaɪ̯lɪç/
- /ˈʔaɪ̯lɪk/
- [ˈaɪ̯lɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to eilig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eilig in German?
eilig appears 4.9 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).