scharfsinnig
German, adjective/ˈʃaʁfˌzɪnɪç/
scharfsinnig is spelled S-C-H-A-R-F-S-I-N-N-I-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 65,066th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scharfsinnig is a German adjective meaning “sharp-witted, astute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit scharfem Sinn, mit scharfem/hohem Verstand, hochintelligent”.
What does scharfsinnig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sharp-witted, astute
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit scharfem Sinn, mit scharfem/hohem Verstand, hochintelligent
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 scharfsinnig
- scharfsinniger masculine nominative singular
- am scharfsinnigsten superlative
- scharfsinnige feminine nominative singular
- scharfsinniges neuter nominative singular
- scharfsinnigen genitive masculine singular
- scharfsinnigem dative masculine singular
- der scharfsinnige definite includes-article masculine
- die scharfsinnige definite feminine includes-article
- das scharfsinnige definite includes-article neuter
- die scharfsinnigen definite includes-article nominative
- des scharfsinnigen definite genitive includes-article
- der scharfsinnigen definite feminine genitive
- dem scharfsinnigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce scharfsinnig?
- /ˈʃaʁfˌzɪnɪç/
- /ˈʃaʁfˌzɪnɪk/
- [ˈʃaʁfˌzɪnɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to scharfsinnig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is scharfsinnig in German?
scharfsinnig 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).