erzgebirgisch
German, adjective
erzgebirgisch is spelled E-R-Z-G-E-B-I-R-G-I-S-C-H (13 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written German, the 362,108th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erzgebirgisch is a German adjective meaning “of the Erzgebirge mountain range” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Erzgebirgisch is a different word: “Erzgebirgisch (East Central German dialect, spoken mainly in the…”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich auf das Erzgebirge beziehend”.
What does erzgebirgisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of the Erzgebirge mountain range
- 2
Erzgebirgisch (of or pertaining to Erzgebirgisch)
noun
- 1
neuterErzgebirgisch (East Central German dialect, spoken mainly in the central Ore Mountains in Saxony.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sich auf das Erzgebirge beziehend
noun: 1. besonders im Erzgebirge, aber auch im Harz, gesprochener Dialekt, der dem Ostfränkischen ähnelt
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 erzgebirgisch
- erzgebirgischer masculine nominative singular
- erzgebirgische feminine nominative singular
- erzgebirgisches neuter nominative singular
- erzgebirgischen genitive masculine singular
- erzgebirgischem dative masculine singular
- der erzgebirgische definite includes-article masculine
- die erzgebirgische definite feminine includes-article
- das erzgebirgische definite includes-article neuter
- die erzgebirgischen definite includes-article nominative
- des erzgebirgischen definite genitive includes-article
- der erzgebirgischen definite feminine genitive
- dem erzgebirgischen dative definite includes-article
- den erzgebirgischen dative definite includes-article
- erzg. abbreviation
- erzgeb. abbreviation
- (das) Erzgebirgisch nominative singular
- das Erzgebirgische nominative singular
- (des) Erzgebirgisch genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is erzgebirgisch in German?
erzgebirgisch appears about once in every 37 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).