körnig
German, adjective[ˈkœʁnɪç]
körnig is spelled K-Ö-R-N-I-G (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 86,281st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Körnig is a German adjective meaning “grainy, granular, granulous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus kleinen Körnern (beispielsweise Sand, Reis, Weizen) bestehend oder Körner enthaltend”.
What does körnig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
grainy, granular, granulous
- 2
sandy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aus kleinen Körnern (beispielsweise Sand, Reis, Weizen) bestehend oder Körner enthaltend 2. eine rauhe Oberfläche aufweisend 3. scheinbar aus vielen Punkten zusammengesetzt; die kleinsten Strukturen nicht mehr auflösend durch eine hohe Empfindlichkeit des Films (hohe ISO-Zahl), was früher große (und damit bei Vergrößerung sichtbare) Silberiodid-/Silberbromid-Kristalle auf dem Trägermaterial des Films voraussetzte
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 körnig
- körniger masculine nominative singular
- am körnigsten superlative
- körnige feminine nominative singular
- körniges neuter nominative singular
- körnigen genitive masculine singular
- körnigem dative masculine singular
- der körnige definite includes-article masculine
- die körnige definite feminine includes-article
- das körnige definite includes-article neuter
- die körnigen definite includes-article nominative
- des körnigen definite genitive includes-article
- der körnigen definite feminine genitive
- dem körnigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce körnig?
- [ˈkœʁnɪç]
- [ˈkœʁnɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to körnig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is körnig in German?
körnig appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).