eiterig
German, adjective/ˈaɪ̯təʁɪç/
eiterig is spelled E-I-T-E-R-I-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written German, the 501,868th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eiterig is a German adjective meaning “purulent, suppurating, festering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eiter enthaltend oder absondernd”.
What does eiterig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
purulent, suppurating, festering
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Eiter enthaltend oder absondernd
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 eiterig
- eiteriger masculine nominative singular
- am eiterigsten superlative
- eiterige feminine nominative singular
- eiteriges neuter nominative singular
- eiterigen genitive masculine singular
- eiterigem dative masculine singular
- der eiterige definite includes-article masculine
- die eiterige definite feminine includes-article
- das eiterige definite includes-article neuter
- die eiterigen definite includes-article nominative
- des eiterigen definite genitive includes-article
- der eiterigen definite feminine genitive
- dem eiterigen dative definite includes-article
- eitrig variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce eiterig?
- /ˈaɪ̯təʁɪç/
- /ˈaɪ̯təʁɪk/
- [ˈaɪ̯təʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to eiterig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eiterig in German?
eiterig appears about once in every 66 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).