ewiggestrig
German, adjective/eːvɪçˈɡɛstʁɪç/
ewiggestrig is spelled E-W-I-G-G-E-S-T-R-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written German, the 301,457th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ewiggestrig is a German adjective meaning “reactionary (of someone who keeps holding on to old positions; unwilling to change)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ewiggestrig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
derogatoryreactionary (of someone who keeps holding on to old positions; unwilling to change)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. an veralteten politischen Positionen festhaltend, keinen Willen zum Fortschritt zeigend
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 ewiggestrig
- ewiggestriger masculine nominative singular
- ewiggestrige feminine nominative singular
- ewiggestriges neuter nominative singular
- ewiggestrigen genitive masculine singular
- ewiggestrigem dative masculine singular
- der ewiggestrige definite includes-article masculine
- die ewiggestrige definite feminine includes-article
- das ewiggestrige definite includes-article neuter
- die ewiggestrigen definite includes-article nominative
- des ewiggestrigen definite genitive includes-article
- der ewiggestrigen definite feminine genitive
- dem ewiggestrigen dative definite includes-article
- den ewiggestrigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ewiggestrig?
- /eːvɪçˈɡɛstʁɪç/
- /eːvɪkˈɡɛstʁɪk/
- [eːvɪçˈɡɛstʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ewiggestrig in German?
ewiggestrig appears about once in every 27 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).