quirlig
German, adjective/ˈkvɪʁlɪç/
quirlig is spelled Q-U-I-R-L-I-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quirlig is a German adjective meaning “lively, exuberant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von lebhafter, unruhiger Aktivität bestimmt”.
What does quirlig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lively, exuberant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von lebhafter, unruhiger Aktivität bestimmt 2. unregelmäßig angeordnet (zum Beispiel Blätter, Zweige)
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 quirlig
- quirliger masculine nominative singular
- am quirligsten superlative
- quirlige feminine nominative singular
- quirliges neuter nominative singular
- quirligen genitive masculine singular
- quirligem dative masculine singular
- der quirlige definite includes-article masculine
- die quirlige definite feminine includes-article
- das quirlige definite includes-article neuter
- die quirligen definite includes-article nominative
- des quirligen definite genitive includes-article
- der quirligen definite feminine genitive
- dem quirligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quirlig?
- /ˈkvɪʁlɪç/
- /ˈkvɪʁlɪk/
- [ˈkvɪʁlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quirlig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quirlig in German?
quirlig appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).