pingelig
German, adjective/ˈpɪŋəlɪç/
pingelig is spelled P-I-N-G-E-L-I-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pingelig is a German adjective meaning “finical; finicky; fussy; picky; nitpick; fastidious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr differenziert, sehr genau”.
What does pingelig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
informalfinical; finicky; fussy; picky; nitpick; fastidious
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sehr differenziert, sehr genau
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 pingelig
- pingeliger masculine nominative singular
- am pingeligsten superlative
- pingelige feminine nominative singular
- pingeliges neuter nominative singular
- pingeligen genitive masculine singular
- pingeligem dative masculine singular
- der pingelige definite includes-article masculine
- die pingelige definite feminine includes-article
- das pingelige definite includes-article neuter
- die pingeligen definite includes-article nominative
- des pingeligen definite genitive includes-article
- der pingeligen definite feminine genitive
- dem pingeligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pingelig?
- /ˈpɪŋəlɪç/
- /ˈpɪŋəlɪk/
- [ˈpɪŋəlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pingelig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pingelig in German?
pingelig 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).