hygroskopisch
German, adjective[ˌhyɡʁoˈskoːpɪʃ]
hygroskopisch is spelled H-Y-G-R-O-S-K-O-P-I-S-C-H (13 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hygroskopisch is a German adjective meaning “hygroscopic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Eigenschaft eines Stoffes, Wasser zu binden bzw. anzuziehen; Beispiel: Verklumpung von Zucker”.
What does hygroskopisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hygroscopic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. die Eigenschaft eines Stoffes, Wasser zu binden bzw. anzuziehen; Beispiel: Verklumpung von Zucker
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 hygroskopisch
- hygroskopischer masculine nominative singular
- hygroskopische feminine nominative singular
- hygroskopisches neuter nominative singular
- hygroskopischen genitive masculine singular
- hygroskopischem dative masculine singular
- der hygroskopische definite includes-article masculine
- die hygroskopische definite feminine includes-article
- das hygroskopische definite includes-article neuter
- die hygroskopischen definite includes-article nominative
- des hygroskopischen definite genitive includes-article
- der hygroskopischen definite feminine genitive
- dem hygroskopischen dative definite includes-article
- den hygroskopischen dative definite includes-article
- am hygroskopischsten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hygroskopisch?
- [ˌhyɡʁoˈskoːpɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hygroskopisch in German?
hygroskopisch appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).