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salzig

German, adjective/ˈzaltsɪç/

salzig is spelled S-A-L-Z-I-G (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,981st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salzig is a German adjective meaning “briny, salty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach Salz schmeckend”.

What does salzig mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    briny, salty

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. nach Salz schmeckend 2. Salz enthaltend

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 salzig

  • salziger masculine nominative singular
  • am salzigsten superlative
  • salzige feminine nominative singular
  • salziges neuter nominative singular
  • salzigen genitive masculine singular
  • salzigem dative masculine singular
  • der salzige definite includes-article masculine
  • die salzige definite feminine includes-article
  • das salzige definite includes-article neuter
  • die salzigen definite includes-article nominative
  • des salzigen definite genitive includes-article
  • der salzigen definite feminine genitive
  • dem salzigen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce salzig?

  • /ˈzaltsɪç/
  • /ˈzaltsɪk/
  • [ˈzalt͡sɪç]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to salzig

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is salzig in German?

salzig appears 1.3 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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