nervig
German, adjective[ˈnɛʁfɪç]
nervig is spelled N-E-R-V-I-G (6 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written German, the 9,162nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nervig is a German adjective meaning “sinewy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehnig, kräftig, kraftvoll, stark, zäh; „den Eindruck angespannter Kraft vermittelnd“”.
What does nervig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sinewy
- 2
veined, ribbed
- 3
informalpesky, annoying
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sehnig, kräftig, kraftvoll, stark, zäh; „den Eindruck angespannter Kraft vermittelnd“ 2. entnervend, lästig, störend, unangenehm 3. nervgesteuert, sensibel, aufgeweckt, kernig 4. von „Nerven“ durchzogen, gerippt
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 nervig
- nerviger masculine nominative singular
- am nervigsten superlative
- nervige feminine nominative singular
- nerviges neuter nominative singular
- nervigen genitive masculine singular
- nervigem dative masculine singular
- der nervige definite includes-article masculine
- die nervige definite feminine includes-article
- das nervige definite includes-article neuter
- die nervigen definite includes-article nominative
- des nervigen definite genitive includes-article
- der nervigen definite feminine genitive
- dem nervigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nervig?
- [ˈnɛʁfɪç]
- [ˈnɛʁfɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nervig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nervig in German?
nervig appears 7.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).