faustdick
German, adjective[ˌfaʊ̯stˈdɪk]
faustdick is a German adjective meaning “big as (the [approximate] size of) a fist, (approximately) fist-sized” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die (ungefähre) Dicke einer Faust aufweisend, von der (ungefähren) Dicke einer Faust”.
What does faustdick mean in English?
adjective
- 1
big as (the [approximate] size of) a fist, (approximately) fist-sized
ein faustdicker Ast, Knüppel, Stein; ein faustdicker Tumor, eine faustdicke Geschwulst
- 2
colloquialblatant, blunt, downright, outright, plain
eine faustdicke Beleidigung, Grobheit, Lüge, Schmeichelei
- 3
colloquialfull-blown, huge, massive, significant
ein faustdicker Skandal; eine faustdicke Sensation, Überraschung
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. die (ungefähre) Dicke einer Faust aufweisend, von der (ungefähren) Dicke einer Faust 2. auf recht ungenierte, offensichtliche Art frech, unverschämt beziehungsweise plump 3. in seinem Ausmaß sehr groß beziehungsweise unerwartet
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 faustdick
- faustdicker masculine nominative singular
- am faustdicksten superlative
- faustdicke feminine nominative singular
- faustdickes neuter nominative singular
- faustdicken genitive masculine singular
- faustdickem dative masculine singular
- der faustdicke definite includes-article masculine
- die faustdicke definite feminine includes-article
- das faustdicke definite includes-article neuter
- die faustdicken definite includes-article nominative
- des faustdicken definite genitive includes-article
- der faustdicken definite feminine genitive
- dem faustdicken dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faustdick?
- [ˌfaʊ̯stˈdɪk]
- [ˈfaʊ̯stˌdɪk]
- [ˈfaʊ̯stˈdɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is faustdick in German?
faustdick appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).