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eklig

German, adjective/ˈeːklɪç/

eklig is spelled E-K-L-I-G (5 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written German, the 11,404th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eklig is a German adjective meaning “disgusting, yucky, icky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ekel erregend; widerlich”.

What does eklig mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    disgusting, yucky, icky

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Ekel erregend; widerlich

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 eklig

  • ekliger masculine nominative singular
  • am ekligsten superlative
  • eklige feminine nominative singular
  • ekliges neuter nominative singular
  • ekligen genitive masculine singular
  • ekligem dative masculine singular
  • der eklige definite includes-article masculine
  • die eklige definite feminine includes-article
  • das eklige definite includes-article neuter
  • die ekligen definite includes-article nominative
  • des ekligen definite genitive includes-article
  • der ekligen definite feminine genitive
  • dem ekligen dative definite includes-article
  • ekelig variant

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce eklig?

  • /ˈeːklɪç/
  • /ˈeːklɪk/
  • [ˈeːklɪç]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to eklig

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is eklig in German?

eklig appears 5.5 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).

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