halsstarrig
German, adjective/ˈhalsˌʃtaʁɪç/
halsstarrig is spelled H-A-L-S-S-T-A-R-R-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 238,212th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Halsstarrig is a German adjective meaning “stubborn, obstinate, stiff-necked” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Argumente kaum oder gar nicht beeinflussbar und strikt seine eigene Meinung vertretend”.
What does halsstarrig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
stubborn, obstinate, stiff-necked
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. durch Argumente kaum oder gar nicht beeinflussbar und strikt seine eigene Meinung vertretend 2. sich nicht antreiben lassen wollend
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 halsstarrig
- halsstarriger masculine nominative singular
- am halsstarrigsten superlative
- halsstarrige feminine nominative singular
- halsstarriges neuter nominative singular
- halsstarrigen genitive masculine singular
- halsstarrigem dative masculine singular
- der halsstarrige definite includes-article masculine
- die halsstarrige definite feminine includes-article
- das halsstarrige definite includes-article neuter
- die halsstarrigen definite includes-article nominative
- des halsstarrigen definite genitive includes-article
- der halsstarrigen definite feminine genitive
- dem halsstarrigen dative definite includes-article
- halsstarr variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce halsstarrig?
- /ˈhalsˌʃtaʁɪç/
- [ˈhalsˌʃtaʁɪç]
- [ˈhalsˌʃtaʁɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to halsstarrig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is halsstarrig in German?
halsstarrig appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).