popelig
German, adjective/ˈpoːpəlɪç/
popelig is spelled P-O-P-E-L-I-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written German, the 586,900th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Popelig is a German adjective meaning “unimpressive, quotidian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von geringer Qualität oder Quantität”.
What does popelig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unimpressive, quotidian
- 2
shabby, crummy (of poor quality)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von geringer Qualität oder Quantität
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 popelig
- popeliger masculine nominative singular
- am popeligsten superlative
- popelige feminine nominative singular
- popeliges neuter nominative singular
- popeligen genitive masculine singular
- popeligem dative masculine singular
- der popelige definite includes-article masculine
- die popelige definite feminine includes-article
- das popelige definite includes-article neuter
- die popeligen definite includes-article nominative
- des popeligen definite genitive includes-article
- der popeligen definite feminine genitive
- dem popeligen dative definite includes-article
- poplig variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce popelig?
- /ˈpoːpəlɪç/
- [ˈpoːpəlɪç]
- [ˈpoːpəlɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is popelig in German?
popelig appears about once in every 87 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).