knickrig
German, adjective/ˈknɪkʁɪk/
knickrig is spelled K-N-I-C-K-R-I-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written German, the 495,385th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knickrig is a German adjective meaning “stingy, niggardly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “äußerst sparsam, geizig”.
What does knickrig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialderogatorystingy, niggardly
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 knickrig
- knickriger masculine nominative singular
- am knickrigsten superlative
- knickrige feminine nominative singular
- knickriges neuter nominative singular
- knickrigen genitive masculine singular
- knickrigem dative masculine singular
- der knickrige definite includes-article masculine
- die knickrige definite feminine includes-article
- das knickrige definite includes-article neuter
- die knickrigen definite includes-article nominative
- des knickrigen definite genitive includes-article
- der knickrigen definite feminine genitive
- dem knickrigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce knickrig?
- /ˈknɪkʁɪk/
- [ˈknɪkʁɪç]
- [ˈknɪkʁɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is knickrig in German?
knickrig appears about once in every 65 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).