hakelig
German, adjective/ˈhaːkəlɪç/
hakelig is spelled H-A-K-E-L-I-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 202,985th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hakelig is a German adjective meaning “jerky, juddery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht reibungslos handhabbar; nicht flüssig zu betätigen; "es hakt"”.
What does hakelig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
jerky, juddery
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht reibungslos handhabbar; nicht flüssig zu betätigen; "es hakt" 2. schwierig; heikel
adjective: 1. kompliziert, voller Hindernisse 2. vorsichtig an die Sache herangehend
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 hakelig
- hakeliger masculine nominative singular
- am hakeligsten superlative
- hakelige feminine nominative singular
- hakeliges neuter nominative singular
- hakeligen genitive masculine singular
- hakeligem dative masculine singular
- der hakelige definite includes-article masculine
- die hakelige definite feminine includes-article
- das hakelige definite includes-article neuter
- die hakeligen definite includes-article nominative
- des hakeligen definite genitive includes-article
- der hakeligen definite feminine genitive
- dem hakeligen dative definite includes-article
- hakelig variant
- häklig variant
- heikelig variant
- häkeliger comparative
- am häkeligsten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hakelig?
- /ˈhaːkəlɪç/
- /ˈhaːkəlɪk/
- [ˈhaːkəlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hakelig in German?
hakelig appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).