folgsam
German, adjective/ˈfɔlkzaːm/
folgsam is spelled F-O-L-G-S-A-M (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 81,387th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Folgsam is a German adjective meaning “obedient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bereit zu folgen, sich fügend”.
What does folgsam mean in English?
adjective
- 1
obedient
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. bereit zu folgen, sich fügend
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 folgsam
- folgsamer masculine nominative singular
- am folgsamsten superlative
- folgsame feminine nominative singular
- folgsames neuter nominative singular
- folgsamen genitive masculine singular
- folgsamem dative masculine singular
- der folgsame definite includes-article masculine
- die folgsame definite feminine includes-article
- das folgsame definite includes-article neuter
- die folgsamen definite includes-article nominative
- des folgsamen definite genitive includes-article
- der folgsamen definite feminine genitive
- dem folgsamen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce folgsam?
- /ˈfɔlkzaːm/
- /ˈfɔlkzam/
- [ˈfɔlkzaːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to folgsam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is folgsam in German?
folgsam appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).