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kitschig

German, adjective[ˈkɪtʃɪç]

kitschig is spelled K-I-T-S-C-H-I-G (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 31,999th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kitschig is a German adjective meaning “kitschy, corny, tacky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “künstlerisch minderwertig und geschmacklos; zu Kitsch gehörend; unter Kitsch fallend”.

What does kitschig mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    kitschy, corny, tacky

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. künstlerisch minderwertig und geschmacklos; zu Kitsch gehörend; unter Kitsch fallend

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 kitschig

  • kitschiger masculine nominative singular
  • am kitschigsten superlative
  • kitschige feminine nominative singular
  • kitschiges neuter nominative singular
  • kitschigen genitive masculine singular
  • kitschigem dative masculine singular
  • der kitschige definite includes-article masculine
  • die kitschige definite feminine includes-article
  • das kitschige definite includes-article neuter
  • die kitschigen definite includes-article nominative
  • des kitschigen definite genitive includes-article
  • der kitschigen definite feminine genitive
  • dem kitschigen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce kitschig?

  • [ˈkɪtʃɪç]
  • [ˈkɪtʃɪk]
  • [ˈkɪt͡ʃɪç]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to kitschig

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is kitschig in German?

kitschig appears 1.3 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).

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