glitschig
German, adjective/ˈɡlɪt͡ʃɪç/
glitschig is spelled G-L-I-T-S-C-H-I-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 87,510th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glitschig is a German adjective meaning “slippery, slick, greasy, slimy, squidgy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schlüpfrig, so beschaffen, dass Gegenstände darüber gleiten oder Personen darauf ausgleiten können, meist…”.
What does glitschig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
slippery, slick, greasy, slimy, squidgy
nasse und glitschige Straßen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. schlüpfrig, so beschaffen, dass Gegenstände darüber gleiten oder Personen darauf ausgleiten können, meist durch eine reibungsmindernde Schmier- oder Schleimschicht
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 glitschig
- glitschiger masculine nominative singular
- am glitschigsten superlative
- glitschige feminine nominative singular
- glitschiges neuter nominative singular
- glitschigen genitive masculine singular
- glitschigem dative masculine singular
- der glitschige definite includes-article masculine
- die glitschige definite feminine includes-article
- das glitschige definite includes-article neuter
- die glitschigen definite includes-article nominative
- des glitschigen definite genitive includes-article
- der glitschigen definite feminine genitive
- dem glitschigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce glitschig?
- standard /ˈɡlɪt͡ʃɪç/
- /ˈɡlɪt͡ʃɪk/
- [ˈɡlɪt͡ʃɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to glitschig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is glitschig in German?
glitschig appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).