gewaltig
German, adjective/ɡəˈvaltɪç/
gewaltig is spelled G-E-W-A-L-T-I-G (8 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written German, the 7,460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gewaltig is a German adjective meaning “enormous, huge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr groß oder sehr bedeutend”.
What does gewaltig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
enormous, huge
gewaltiger Fortschritt
- 2
massive, mighty
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sehr groß oder sehr bedeutend 2. sehr 3. mit viel Macht ausgestattet
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 gewaltig
- gewaltiger masculine nominative singular
- am gewaltigsten superlative
- gewaltige feminine nominative singular
- gewaltiges neuter nominative singular
- gewaltigen genitive masculine singular
- gewaltigem dative masculine singular
- der gewaltige definite includes-article masculine
- die gewaltige definite feminine includes-article
- das gewaltige definite includes-article neuter
- die gewaltigen definite includes-article nominative
- des gewaltigen definite genitive includes-article
- der gewaltigen definite feminine genitive
- dem gewaltigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gewaltig?
- Germany /ɡəˈvaltɪç/
- /ɡeˈvaltɪk/
- Austria [ɡ̥e-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gewaltig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gewaltig in German?
gewaltig appears 9.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).