krampfig
German, adjective/ˈkʁampfɪç/
krampfig is spelled K-R-A-M-P-F-I-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written German, the 406,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Krampfig is a German adjective meaning “convulsive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Art eines Krampfes”.
What does krampfig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
convulsive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in der Art eines Krampfes 2. nicht locker, nicht entspannt, gequält
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 krampfig
- krampfiger masculine nominative singular
- am krampfigsten superlative
- krampfige feminine nominative singular
- krampfiges neuter nominative singular
- krampfigen genitive masculine singular
- krampfigem dative masculine singular
- der krampfige definite includes-article masculine
- die krampfige definite feminine includes-article
- das krampfige definite includes-article neuter
- die krampfigen definite includes-article nominative
- des krampfigen definite genitive includes-article
- der krampfigen definite feminine genitive
- dem krampfigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce krampfig?
- /ˈkʁampfɪç/
- /ˈkʁampfɪk/
- [ˈkʁamp͡fɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is krampfig in German?
krampfig appears about once in every 46 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).