gegensinnig
German, adjective/ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌzɪnɪç/
gegensinnig is spelled G-E-G-E-N-S-I-N-N-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written German, the 301,457th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gegensinnig is a German adjective meaning “in the opposite direction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Gegensinn”.
What does gegensinnig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
in the opposite direction
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. im Gegensinn
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 gegensinnig
- gegensinniger masculine nominative singular
- gegensinnige feminine nominative singular
- gegensinniges neuter nominative singular
- gegensinnigen genitive masculine singular
- gegensinnigem dative masculine singular
- der gegensinnige definite includes-article masculine
- die gegensinnige definite feminine includes-article
- das gegensinnige definite includes-article neuter
- die gegensinnigen definite includes-article nominative
- des gegensinnigen definite genitive includes-article
- der gegensinnigen definite feminine genitive
- dem gegensinnigen dative definite includes-article
- den gegensinnigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gegensinnig?
- /ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌzɪnɪç/
- /-ˌzɪnɪk/
- [ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌzɪnɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gegensinnig in German?
gegensinnig appears about once in every 27 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).