engmaschig
German, adjective[ˈɛŋˌmaʃɪç]
engmaschig is spelled E-N-G-M-A-S-C-H-I-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engmaschig is a German adjective meaning “continuous (control etc)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit engen Maschen”.
What does engmaschig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
continuous (control etc)
- 2
fine-meshed
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit engen Maschen 2. so eng oder nah, dass etwas / jemand auffällt
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 engmaschig
- engmaschiger masculine nominative singular
- am engmaschigsten superlative
- engmaschige feminine nominative singular
- engmaschiges neuter nominative singular
- engmaschigen genitive masculine singular
- engmaschigem dative masculine singular
- der engmaschige definite includes-article masculine
- die engmaschige definite feminine includes-article
- das engmaschige definite includes-article neuter
- die engmaschigen definite includes-article nominative
- des engmaschigen definite genitive includes-article
- der engmaschigen definite feminine genitive
- dem engmaschigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engmaschig?
- [ˈɛŋˌmaʃɪç]
- [ˈɛŋˌmaʃɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is engmaschig in German?
engmaschig appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).