hibbelig
German, adjective/ˈhɪbəlɪç/
hibbelig is spelled H-I-B-B-E-L-I-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hibbelig is a German adjective meaning “fidgety; jittery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schnelle Bewegungen machend; unruhig, nervös”.
What does hibbelig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fidgety; jittery
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. schnelle Bewegungen machend; unruhig, nervös
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 hibbelig
- hibbeliger masculine nominative singular
- am hibbeligsten superlative
- hibbelige feminine nominative singular
- hibbeliges neuter nominative singular
- hibbeligen genitive masculine singular
- hibbeligem dative masculine singular
- der hibbelige definite includes-article masculine
- die hibbelige definite feminine includes-article
- das hibbelige definite includes-article neuter
- die hibbeligen definite includes-article nominative
- des hibbeligen definite genitive includes-article
- der hibbeligen definite feminine genitive
- dem hibbeligen dative definite includes-article
- hippelig variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hibbelig?
- /ˈhɪbəlɪç/
- /ˈhɪbəlɪk/
- [ˈhɪbəlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hibbelig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hibbelig in German?
hibbelig appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).