nichtsnutzig
German, adjective/ˈnɪçt͡sˌnʊt͡sɪç/
nichtsnutzig is spelled N-I-C-H-T-S-N-U-T-Z-I-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written German, the 417,697th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nichtsnutzig is a German adjective meaning “useless, worthless, good-for-nothing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu nichts brauchbar sein, für nichts zu gebrauchen sein”.
What does nichtsnutzig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
useless, worthless, good-for-nothing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zu nichts brauchbar sein, für nichts zu gebrauchen sein
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 nichtsnutzig
- nichtsnutziger masculine nominative singular
- am nichtsnutzigsten superlative
- nichtsnutzige feminine nominative singular
- nichtsnutziges neuter nominative singular
- nichtsnutzigen genitive masculine singular
- nichtsnutzigem dative masculine singular
- der nichtsnutzige definite includes-article masculine
- die nichtsnutzige definite feminine includes-article
- das nichtsnutzige definite includes-article neuter
- die nichtsnutzigen definite includes-article nominative
- des nichtsnutzigen definite genitive includes-article
- der nichtsnutzigen definite feminine genitive
- dem nichtsnutzigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nichtsnutzig?
- /ˈnɪçt͡sˌnʊt͡sɪç/
- /-ˌnʊt͡sɪk/
- [ˈnɪçt͡snʊt͡sɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nichtsnutzig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nichtsnutzig in German?
nichtsnutzig appears about once in every 48 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).