garstig
German, adjective/ˈɡaʁstɪç/
garstig is spelled G-A-R-S-T-I-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 83,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Garstig is a German adjective meaning “rude, nasty, beastly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr unfreundlich”.
What does garstig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rude, nasty, beastly
- 2
rancid, foul
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sehr unfreundlich 2. sehr
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 garstig
- garstiger masculine nominative singular
- am garstigsten superlative
- garstige feminine nominative singular
- garstiges neuter nominative singular
- garstigen genitive masculine singular
- garstigem dative masculine singular
- der garstige definite includes-article masculine
- die garstige definite feminine includes-article
- das garstige definite includes-article neuter
- die garstigen definite includes-article nominative
- des garstigen definite genitive includes-article
- der garstigen definite feminine genitive
- dem garstigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce garstig?
- Germany /ˈɡaʁstɪç/
- Austria /ˈɡaʁstɪk/
- [ˈɡaʁstɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to garstig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is garstig in German?
garstig 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).