knackig
German, adjective/ˈknakɪç/
knackig is spelled K-N-A-C-K-I-G (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 24,663rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knackig is a German adjective meaning “crisp, crunchy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “frisch, bissfest”.
What does knackig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
crisp, crunchy
- 2
youthful and attractive
- 3
succinct, to the point
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. frisch, bissfest 2. straff, jung aussehend 3. auf den Punkt, prägnant
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 knackig
- knackiger masculine nominative singular
- am knackigsten superlative
- knackige feminine nominative singular
- knackiges neuter nominative singular
- knackigen genitive masculine singular
- knackigem dative masculine singular
- der knackige definite includes-article masculine
- die knackige definite feminine includes-article
- das knackige definite includes-article neuter
- die knackigen definite includes-article nominative
- des knackigen definite genitive includes-article
- der knackigen definite feminine genitive
- dem knackigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce knackig?
- /ˈknakɪç/
- /ˈknakɪk/
- [ˈknakɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to knackig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is knackig in German?
knackig appears 1.9 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).