engstirnig
German, adjective/ˈʔɛŋˌʃtɪʁnɪç/
engstirnig is spelled E-N-G-S-T-I-R-N-I-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engstirnig is a German adjective meaning “narrow-minded” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in seiner Auffassung mit einem sehr kleinen (engen) Gesichtswinkel geschlagen”.
What does engstirnig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
narrow-minded
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in seiner Auffassung mit einem sehr kleinen (engen) Gesichtswinkel geschlagen
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 engstirnig
- engstirniger masculine nominative singular
- am engstirnigsten superlative
- engstirnige feminine nominative singular
- engstirniges neuter nominative singular
- engstirnigen genitive masculine singular
- engstirnigem dative masculine singular
- der engstirnige definite includes-article masculine
- die engstirnige definite feminine includes-article
- das engstirnige definite includes-article neuter
- die engstirnigen definite includes-article nominative
- des engstirnigen definite genitive includes-article
- der engstirnigen definite feminine genitive
- dem engstirnigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engstirnig?
- /ˈʔɛŋˌʃtɪʁnɪç/
- /ˈʔɛŋˌʃtɪʁnɪk/
- [ˈɛŋˌʃtɪʁnɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to engstirnig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engstirnig in German?
engstirnig appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).