faulig
German, adjective/ˈfaʊ̯lɪç/
faulig is spelled F-A-U-L-I-G (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 146,442nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faulig is a German adjective meaning “foul (as in "foul smell"), rotten, covered with mould” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “verdorben, schlecht”.
What does faulig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
foul (as in "foul smell"), rotten, covered with mould
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. verdorben, schlecht
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 faulig
- fauliger masculine nominative singular
- am fauligsten superlative
- faulige feminine nominative singular
- fauliges neuter nominative singular
- fauligen genitive masculine singular
- fauligem dative masculine singular
- der faulige definite includes-article masculine
- die faulige definite feminine includes-article
- das faulige definite includes-article neuter
- die fauligen definite includes-article nominative
- des fauligen definite genitive includes-article
- der fauligen definite feminine genitive
- dem fauligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faulig?
- /ˈfaʊ̯lɪç/
- /ˈfaʊ̯lɪk/
- [ˈfaʊ̯lɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to faulig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is faulig in German?
faulig appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).