knauserig
German, adjective/ˈknaʊ̯zəʁɪç/
knauserig is spelled K-N-A-U-S-E-R-I-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 154,802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knauserig is a German adjective meaning “stingy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “äußerst sparsam, geizig”.
What does knauserig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
stingy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. äußerst sparsam, geizig
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 knauserig
- knauseriger masculine nominative singular
- am knauserigsten superlative
- knauserige feminine nominative singular
- knauseriges neuter nominative singular
- knauserigen genitive masculine singular
- knauserigem dative masculine singular
- der knauserige definite includes-article masculine
- die knauserige definite feminine includes-article
- das knauserige definite includes-article neuter
- die knauserigen definite includes-article nominative
- des knauserigen definite genitive includes-article
- der knauserigen definite feminine genitive
- dem knauserigen dative definite includes-article
- knausrig alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce knauserig?
- /ˈknaʊ̯zəʁɪç/
- /ˈknaʊ̯zəʁɪk/
- [ˈknaʊ̯zəʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to knauserig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is knauserig in German?
knauserig appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).