innig
German, adjective[ˈɪnɪç]
innig is spelled I-N-N-I-G (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 37,432nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Innig is a German adjective meaning “intimate, deep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “inständig, und/oder flehend”.
What does innig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
intimate, deep
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. inständig, und/oder flehend 2. mit einem tiefen, intensiven Gefühl 3. stürmisch, wild
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 innig
- inniger masculine nominative singular
- am innigsten superlative
- innige feminine nominative singular
- inniges neuter nominative singular
- innigen genitive masculine singular
- innigem dative masculine singular
- der innige definite includes-article masculine
- die innige definite feminine includes-article
- das innige definite includes-article neuter
- die innigen definite includes-article nominative
- des innigen definite genitive includes-article
- der innigen definite feminine genitive
- dem innigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce innig?
- [ˈɪnɪç]
- [ˈɪnɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to innig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is innig in German?
innig appears 1.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).