einzig
German, adjective/ˈaɪ̯nt͡sɪç/
einzig is spelled E-I-N-Z-I-G (6 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written German, the 2,961st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Einzig is a German adjective meaning “only, sole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nur einmal vorhanden”.
What does einzig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
only, sole
- 2
unique
adverb
- 1
only
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nur einmal vorhanden 2. in nur geringer, überschaubarer Anzahl vorhanden 3. selten oder unvergleichlich 4. nur, allein
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 einzig
- einziger masculine nominative singular
- einzige feminine nominative singular
- einziges neuter nominative singular
- einzigen genitive masculine singular
- einzigem dative masculine singular
- der einzige definite includes-article masculine
- die einzige definite feminine includes-article
- das einzige definite includes-article neuter
- die einzigen definite includes-article nominative
- des einzigen definite genitive includes-article
- der einzigen definite feminine genitive
- dem einzigen dative definite includes-article
- den einzigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce einzig?
- /ˈaɪ̯nt͡sɪç/
- /ˈaɪ̯nt͡sɪk/
- [ˈaɪ̯nt͡sɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to einzig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is einzig in German?
einzig appears 28 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).