gesellig
German, adjective[ɡəˈzɛlɪç]
gesellig is spelled G-E-S-E-L-L-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). Gesellig is a German adjective meaning “social, sociable, convivial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in netter Gesellschaft”.
What does gesellig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
social, sociable, convivial
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in netter Gesellschaft 2. sich leicht an andere anschließend 3. mit anderen zusammenlebend
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 gesellig
- geselliger masculine nominative singular
- am geselligsten superlative
- gesellige feminine nominative singular
- geselliges neuter nominative singular
- geselligen genitive masculine singular
- geselligem dative masculine singular
- der gesellige definite includes-article masculine
- die gesellige definite feminine includes-article
- das gesellige definite includes-article neuter
- die geselligen definite includes-article nominative
- des geselligen definite genitive includes-article
- der geselligen definite feminine genitive
- dem geselligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gesellig?
- [ɡəˈzɛlɪç]
- [ɡəˈzɛlɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gesellig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gesellig in German?
gesellig 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).