fummelig
German, adjective/ˈfʊməlɪç/
fummelig is spelled F-U-M-M-E-L-I-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 179,801st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fummelig is a German adjective meaning “tricky, fiddly, difficult” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “viel lästige Kleinarbeit erfordernd, (unnötig) viel feinmotorisches Geschick benötigend”.
What does fummelig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tricky, fiddly, difficult
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. viel lästige Kleinarbeit erfordernd, (unnötig) viel feinmotorisches Geschick benötigend
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 fummelig
- fummeliger masculine nominative singular
- am fummeligsten superlative
- fummelige feminine nominative singular
- fummeliges neuter nominative singular
- fummeligen genitive masculine singular
- fummeligem dative masculine singular
- der fummelige definite includes-article masculine
- die fummelige definite feminine includes-article
- das fummelige definite includes-article neuter
- die fummeligen definite includes-article nominative
- des fummeligen definite genitive includes-article
- der fummeligen definite feminine genitive
- dem fummeligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fummelig?
- /ˈfʊməlɪç/
- /ˈfʊməlɪk/
- [ˈfʊməlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fummelig in German?
fummelig appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).