gallig
German, adjective/ˈɡalɪç/
gallig is spelled G-A-L-L-I-G (6 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 219,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gallig is a German adjective meaning “acerbic, caustic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bitter wie Galle”.
What does gallig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
acerbic, caustic
- 2
bitter, embittered
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. bitter wie Galle 2. verbittert, mit scharfen Aussprüchen 3. unangenehm aggressiv
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 gallig
- galliger masculine nominative singular
- am galligsten superlative
- gallige feminine nominative singular
- galliges neuter nominative singular
- galligen genitive masculine singular
- galligem dative masculine singular
- der gallige definite includes-article masculine
- die gallige definite feminine includes-article
- das gallige definite includes-article neuter
- die galligen definite includes-article nominative
- des galligen definite genitive includes-article
- der galligen definite feminine genitive
- dem galligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gallig?
- /ˈɡalɪç/
- /ˈɡalɪk/
- [ˈɡalɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gallig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gallig in German?
gallig appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).