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kitzlig

German, adjective/ˈkɪt͡slɪç/

kitzlig is spelled K-I-T-Z-L-I-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written German, the 386,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kitzlig is a German adjective meaning “ticklish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “leicht zu kitzeln”.

What does kitzlig mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    ticklish

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. leicht zu kitzeln

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 kitzlig

  • kitzliger masculine nominative singular
  • am kitzligsten superlative
  • kitzlige feminine nominative singular
  • kitzliges neuter nominative singular
  • kitzligen genitive masculine singular
  • kitzligem dative masculine singular
  • der kitzlige definite includes-article masculine
  • die kitzlige definite feminine includes-article
  • das kitzlige definite includes-article neuter
  • die kitzligen definite includes-article nominative
  • des kitzligen definite genitive includes-article
  • der kitzligen definite feminine genitive
  • dem kitzligen dative definite includes-article
  • kitzelig variant

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

How do you pronounce kitzlig?

  • /ˈkɪt͡slɪç/
  • /ˈkɪt͡slɪk/
  • [ˈkɪt͡slɪç]

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

English words that translate to kitzlig

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

How common is kitzlig in German?

kitzlig appears about once in every 42 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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