minderwertig
German, adjective/ˈmɪndɐˌveːɐ̯tɪç/
minderwertig is spelled M-I-N-D-E-R-W-E-R-T-I-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 40,460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minderwertig is a German adjective meaning “shoddy, inferior” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von geringem Wert”.
What does minderwertig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
shoddy, inferior
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von geringem Wert 2. von schlechter Qualität
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 minderwertig
- minderwertiger masculine nominative singular
- am minderwertigsten superlative
- minderwertige feminine nominative singular
- minderwertiges neuter nominative singular
- minderwertigen genitive masculine singular
- minderwertigem dative masculine singular
- der minderwertige definite includes-article masculine
- die minderwertige definite feminine includes-article
- das minderwertige definite includes-article neuter
- die minderwertigen definite includes-article nominative
- des minderwertigen definite genitive includes-article
- der minderwertigen definite feminine genitive
- dem minderwertigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce minderwertig?
- /ˈmɪndɐˌveːɐ̯tɪç/
- /-ˌveːɐ̯tɪk/
- [ˈmɪndɐˌveːɐ̯tɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to minderwertig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is minderwertig in German?
minderwertig appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).