rassig
German, adjective/ˈʁasɪç/
rassig is spelled R-A-S-S-I-G (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 144,446th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rassig is a German adjective meaning “purebred” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dunkelhäutig, einen möglicherweise exotischen Eindruck machend und mit einer temperamentvollen Ausstrahlung”.
What does rassig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
purebred
- 2
colloquialhot-blooded
- 3
colloquialefficient, powerful, or modern
- 4
colloquialchallenging the athletic skills, swift and steep
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. dunkelhäutig, einen möglicherweise exotischen Eindruck machend und mit einer temperamentvollen Ausstrahlung 2. von edler beziehungsweise reiner Rasse
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 rassig
- rassiger masculine nominative singular
- am rassigsten superlative
- rassige feminine nominative singular
- rassiges neuter nominative singular
- rassigen genitive masculine singular
- rassigem dative masculine singular
- der rassige definite includes-article masculine
- die rassige definite feminine includes-article
- das rassige definite includes-article neuter
- die rassigen definite includes-article nominative
- des rassigen definite genitive includes-article
- der rassigen definite feminine genitive
- dem rassigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rassig?
- /ˈʁasɪç/
- /ˈʁasɪk/
- [ˈʁasɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rassig in German?
rassig appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).