kaufsüchtig
German, adjective/ˈkaʊ̯fˌzʏçtɪç/
kaufsüchtig is spelled K-A-U-F-S-Ü-C-H-T-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written German, the 586,900th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kaufsüchtig is a German adjective meaning “shopaholic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit dem krankhaften Drang ständig neue Konsumgüter erstehen zu müssen”.
What does kaufsüchtig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
shopaholic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit dem krankhaften Drang ständig neue Konsumgüter erstehen zu müssen
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 kaufsüchtig
- kaufsüchtiger masculine nominative singular
- am kaufsüchtigsten superlative
- kaufsüchtige feminine nominative singular
- kaufsüchtiges neuter nominative singular
- kaufsüchtigen genitive masculine singular
- kaufsüchtigem dative masculine singular
- der kaufsüchtige definite includes-article masculine
- die kaufsüchtige definite feminine includes-article
- das kaufsüchtige definite includes-article neuter
- die kaufsüchtigen definite includes-article nominative
- des kaufsüchtigen definite genitive includes-article
- der kaufsüchtigen definite feminine genitive
- dem kaufsüchtigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kaufsüchtig?
- /ˈkaʊ̯fˌzʏçtɪç/
- [ˈkaʊ̯fˌzʏçtɪç]
- [ˈkaʊ̯fˌzʏçtɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kaufsüchtig in German?
kaufsüchtig appears about once in every 87 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).