feindselig
German, adjective/ˈfaɪ̯ntˌzeːlɪç/
feindselig is spelled F-E-I-N-D-S-E-L-I-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,097th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Feindselig is a German adjective meaning “hostile, unfriendly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem feindlich gesinnt; seine Abneigung oder Hass offen zeigend”.
What does feindselig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hostile, unfriendly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. jemandem feindlich gesinnt; seine Abneigung oder Hass offen 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 feindselig
- feindseliger masculine nominative singular
- am feindseligsten superlative
- feindselige feminine nominative singular
- feindseliges neuter nominative singular
- feindseligen genitive masculine singular
- feindseligem dative masculine singular
- der feindselige definite includes-article masculine
- die feindselige definite feminine includes-article
- das feindselige definite includes-article neuter
- die feindseligen definite includes-article nominative
- des feindseligen definite genitive includes-article
- der feindseligen definite feminine genitive
- dem feindseligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce feindselig?
- /ˈfaɪ̯ntˌzeːlɪç/
- /-ˌzeːlɪk/
- [ˈfaɪ̯ntˌzeːlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to feindselig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is feindselig in German?
feindselig appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).