pfiffig
German, adjective/ˈpfɪ.fɪç/
pfiffig is spelled P-F-I-F-F-I-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 57,755th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pfiffig is a German adjective meaning “smart (clever)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wichtiges gut erkennend und umsetzend”.
What does pfiffig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
smart (clever)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Wichtiges gut erkennend und umsetzend 2. gut ausgedacht oder erzeugt
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 pfiffig
- pfiffiger masculine nominative singular
- am pfiffigsten superlative
- pfiffige feminine nominative singular
- pfiffiges neuter nominative singular
- pfiffigen genitive masculine singular
- pfiffigem dative masculine singular
- der pfiffige definite includes-article masculine
- die pfiffige definite feminine includes-article
- das pfiffige definite includes-article neuter
- die pfiffigen definite includes-article nominative
- des pfiffigen definite genitive includes-article
- der pfiffigen definite feminine genitive
- dem pfiffigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pfiffig?
- /ˈpfɪ.fɪç/
- /ˈpfɪ.fɪk/
- [ˈp͡fɪfɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pfiffig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pfiffig in German?
pfiffig appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).