gewärtig
German, adjective/ˈɡəvɛɐ̯tɪç/
gewärtig is spelled G-E-W-Ä-R-T-I-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 267,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gewärtig is a German adjective meaning “in expectation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a singular imperative of gewärtigen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Ereignis erwartend”.
What does gewärtig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
in expectation
verb
- 1
singular imperative of gewärtigen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of gewärtigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ein Ereignis erwartend
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 gewärtig
- gewärtiger masculine nominative singular
- am gewärtigsten superlative
- gewärtige feminine nominative singular
- gewärtiges neuter nominative singular
- gewärtigen genitive masculine singular
- gewärtigem dative masculine singular
- der gewärtige definite includes-article masculine
- die gewärtige definite feminine includes-article
- das gewärtige definite includes-article neuter
- die gewärtigen definite includes-article nominative
- des gewärtigen definite genitive includes-article
- der gewärtigen definite feminine genitive
- dem gewärtigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gewärtig?
- /ˈɡəvɛɐ̯tɪç/
- /ˈɡəvɛɐ̯tɪk/
- [ɡəˈvɛʁtɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gewärtig in German?
gewärtig appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).