gebürtig
German, adjective/ɡəˈbʏʁtɪç/
gebürtig is spelled G-E-B-Ü-R-T-I-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,091st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gebürtig is a German adjective meaning “native, by birth (describing one's birth nationality, region, city, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einem Ort geboren, von einem Ort, einer Gegend oder Land stammend”.
What does gebürtig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
native, by birth (describing one's birth nationality, region, city, etc.)
Er ist gebürtiger Kölner.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in einem Ort geboren, von einem Ort, einer Gegend oder Land stammend
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 gebürtig
- gebürtiger masculine nominative singular
- gebürtige feminine nominative singular
- gebürtiges neuter nominative singular
- gebürtigen genitive masculine singular
- gebürtigem dative masculine singular
- der gebürtige definite includes-article masculine
- die gebürtige definite feminine includes-article
- das gebürtige definite includes-article neuter
- die gebürtigen definite includes-article nominative
- des gebürtigen definite genitive includes-article
- der gebürtigen definite feminine genitive
- dem gebürtigen dative definite includes-article
- den gebürtigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gebürtig?
- /ɡəˈbʏʁtɪç/
- /ɡəˈbʏʁtɪk/
- [ɡəˈbʏʁtɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gebürtig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gebürtig in German?
gebürtig appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).