obergärig
German, adjective/ˈoːbɐˌɡɛːʁɪç/
obergärig is spelled O-B-E-R-G-Ä-R-I-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written German, the 366,741st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obergärig is a German adjective meaning “top-fermented” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Eigenschaft spezieller Bierhefen, die bei etwas höheren Temperaturen (15 - 20 Grad Celsius) gären und…”.
What does obergärig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
top-fermented
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. die Eigenschaft spezieller Bierhefen, die bei etwas höheren Temperaturen (15 - 20 Grad Celsius) gären und nach dem Gärprozess oben auf der Flüssigkeit schwimmen, besitzend
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 obergärig
- obergäriger masculine nominative singular
- obergärige feminine nominative singular
- obergäriges neuter nominative singular
- obergärigen genitive masculine singular
- obergärigem dative masculine singular
- der obergärige definite includes-article masculine
- die obergärige definite feminine includes-article
- das obergärige definite includes-article neuter
- die obergärigen definite includes-article nominative
- des obergärigen definite genitive includes-article
- der obergärigen definite feminine genitive
- dem obergärigen dative definite includes-article
- den obergärigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obergärig?
- /ˈoːbɐˌɡɛːʁɪç/
- /ˈoːbɐˌɡeːʁɪç/
- /ˈoːbɐˌɡɛːʁɪk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is obergärig in German?
obergärig appears about once in every 38 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).