eisig
German, adjective/ˈʔaɪ̯zɪç/
eisig is spelled E-I-S-I-G (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 54,418th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eisig is a German adjective meaning “icy, ice-cold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einem Kältezustand, bei dem die Temperaturen unterhalb 0 °C Grad Celsius liegen”.
What does eisig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
icy, ice-cold
eisiger Wind
- 2
icy (covered in ice)
- 3
cold, icy (of facial expressions, glances, responses, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in einem Kältezustand, bei dem die Temperaturen unterhalb 0 °C Grad Celsius liegen 2. in einer unfreundlichen/abweisenden Art und Weise
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 eisig
- eisiger masculine nominative singular
- am eisigsten superlative
- eisige feminine nominative singular
- eisiges neuter nominative singular
- eisigen genitive masculine singular
- eisigem dative masculine singular
- der eisige definite includes-article masculine
- die eisige definite feminine includes-article
- das eisige definite includes-article neuter
- die eisigen definite includes-article nominative
- des eisigen definite genitive includes-article
- der eisigen definite feminine genitive
- dem eisigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce eisig?
- /ˈʔaɪ̯zɪç/
- /ˈʔaɪ̯zɪk/
- [ˈaɪ̯zɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to eisig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eisig in German?
eisig 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).