rutschig
German, adjective[ˈʁʊt.ʃɪç]
rutschig is spelled R-U-T-S-C-H-I-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,749th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rutschig is a German adjective meaning “slippery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so beschaffen, dass jemand/etwas rutschen, ausgleiten kann”.
What does rutschig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
slippery
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so beschaffen, dass jemand/etwas rutschen, ausgleiten kann
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 rutschig
- rutschiger masculine nominative singular
- am rutschigsten superlative
- rutschige feminine nominative singular
- rutschiges neuter nominative singular
- rutschigen genitive masculine singular
- rutschigem dative masculine singular
- der rutschige definite includes-article masculine
- die rutschige definite feminine includes-article
- das rutschige definite includes-article neuter
- die rutschigen definite includes-article nominative
- des rutschigen definite genitive includes-article
- der rutschigen definite feminine genitive
- dem rutschigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rutschig?
- [ˈʁʊt.ʃɪç]
- [ˈʁʊt.ʃɪk]
- [ˈʁʊt͡ʃɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rutschig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rutschig in German?
rutschig 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).