feinmaschig
German, adjective/ˈfaɪ̯nˌmaʃɪç/
feinmaschig is spelled F-E-I-N-M-A-S-C-H-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written German, the 625,801st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Feinmaschig is a German adjective meaning “narrow-meshed, tightly-woven” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit engen Maschen versehen”.
What does feinmaschig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
narrow-meshed, tightly-woven
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit engen Maschen versehen 2. stark verdichtet, eng/dicht/vielfältig miteinander verwoben
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 feinmaschig
- feinmaschiger masculine nominative singular
- am feinmaschigsten superlative
- feinmaschige feminine nominative singular
- feinmaschiges neuter nominative singular
- feinmaschigen genitive masculine singular
- feinmaschigem dative masculine singular
- der feinmaschige definite includes-article masculine
- die feinmaschige definite feminine includes-article
- das feinmaschige definite includes-article neuter
- die feinmaschigen definite includes-article nominative
- des feinmaschigen definite genitive includes-article
- der feinmaschigen definite feminine genitive
- dem feinmaschigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce feinmaschig?
- /ˈfaɪ̯nˌmaʃɪç/
- /-ˌmaʃɪk/
- [ˈfaɪ̯nˌmaʃɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is feinmaschig in German?
feinmaschig appears about once in every 98 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).