engherzig
German, adjective/ˈɛŋˌhɛʁt͡sɪç/
engherzig is spelled E-N-G-H-E-R-Z-I-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written German, the 401,709th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engherzig is a German adjective meaning “petty, pedantic, narrow-minded” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleinlich, pedantisch, nicht großzügig”.
What does engherzig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
petty, pedantic, narrow-minded
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. kleinlich, pedantisch, nicht großzügig
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 engherzig
- engherziger masculine nominative singular
- am engherzigsten superlative
- engherzige feminine nominative singular
- engherziges neuter nominative singular
- engherzigen genitive masculine singular
- engherzigem dative masculine singular
- der engherzige definite includes-article masculine
- die engherzige definite feminine includes-article
- das engherzige definite includes-article neuter
- die engherzigen definite includes-article nominative
- des engherzigen definite genitive includes-article
- der engherzigen definite feminine genitive
- dem engherzigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engherzig?
- /ˈɛŋˌhɛʁt͡sɪç/
- /ˈɛŋˌhɛʁt͡sɪk/
- [ˈɛŋˌhɛʁt͡sɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to engherzig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engherzig in German?
engherzig appears about once in every 45 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).