eitrig
German, adjective/ˈaɪ̯tʁɪç/
eitrig is spelled E-I-T-R-I-G (6 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 289,823rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eitrig is a German adjective meaning “purulent, suppurating, festering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eiter enthaltend oder absondernd”.
What does eitrig 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 eitrig
- eitriger masculine nominative singular
- am eitrigsten superlative
- eitrige feminine nominative singular
- eitriges neuter nominative singular
- eitrigen genitive masculine singular
- eitrigem dative masculine singular
- der eitrige definite includes-article masculine
- die eitrige definite feminine includes-article
- das eitrige definite includes-article neuter
- die eitrigen definite includes-article nominative
- des eitrigen definite genitive includes-article
- der eitrigen definite feminine genitive
- dem eitrigen dative definite includes-article
- eiterig variant rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce eitrig?
- /ˈaɪ̯tʁɪç/
- /ˈaɪ̯tʁɪk/
- [ˈaɪ̯tʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to eitrig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eitrig in German?
eitrig appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).