einsilbig
German, adjective/ˈaɪ̯nˌzɪlbɪç/
einsilbig is spelled E-I-N-S-I-L-B-I-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Einsilbig is a German adjective meaning “monosyllabic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft einer Person, nicht gern zu sprechen”.
What does einsilbig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
monosyllabic
- 2
taciturn, curt
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Eigenschaft einer Person, nicht gern zu sprechen 2. nur aus einer Silbe bestehend
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 einsilbig
- einsilbiger masculine nominative singular
- am einsilbigsten superlative
- einsilbige feminine nominative singular
- einsilbiges neuter nominative singular
- einsilbigen genitive masculine singular
- einsilbigem dative masculine singular
- der einsilbige definite includes-article masculine
- die einsilbige definite feminine includes-article
- das einsilbige definite includes-article neuter
- die einsilbigen definite includes-article nominative
- des einsilbigen definite genitive includes-article
- der einsilbigen definite feminine genitive
- dem einsilbigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce einsilbig?
- /ˈaɪ̯nˌzɪlbɪç/
- /ˈaɪ̯nˌzɪlbɪk/
- [ˈaɪ̯nˌzɪlbɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to einsilbig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is einsilbig in German?
einsilbig appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).