gefügig
German, adjective/ɡəˈfyːɡɪç/
gefügig is spelled G-E-F-Ü-G-I-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,786th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gefügig is a German adjective meaning “amenable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich einem von (autoritären) Personen ausgeübten Anspruch, Zwang, Befehl, derer Weisungen, Wünschen…”.
What does gefügig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
amenable
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sich einem von (autoritären) Personen ausgeübten Anspruch, Zwang, Befehl, derer Weisungen, Wünschen, Forderungen fügend, auf diesen einzugehen; (sich) unterordnend dies tun 2. willkommen
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 gefügig
- gefügiger masculine nominative singular
- am gefügigsten superlative
- gefügige feminine nominative singular
- gefügiges neuter nominative singular
- gefügigen genitive masculine singular
- gefügigem dative masculine singular
- der gefügige definite includes-article masculine
- die gefügige definite feminine includes-article
- das gefügige definite includes-article neuter
- die gefügigen definite includes-article nominative
- des gefügigen definite genitive includes-article
- der gefügigen definite feminine genitive
- dem gefügigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gefügig?
- /ɡəˈfyːɡɪç/
- /ɡəˈfyːɡɪk/
- [ɡəˈfyːɡɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gefügig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gefügig in German?
gefügig 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).