scharfzüngig
German, adjective/ˈʃaʁfˌt͡sʏŋɪç/
scharfzüngig is spelled S-C-H-A-R-F-Z-Ü-N-G-I-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 238,212th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scharfzüngig is a German adjective meaning “sharp-tongued” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf ironische Weise scharfe Kritik übend”.
What does scharfzüngig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sharp-tongued
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf ironische Weise scharfe Kritik übend
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 scharfzüngig
- scharfzüngiger masculine nominative singular
- am scharfzüngigsten superlative
- scharfzüngige feminine nominative singular
- scharfzüngiges neuter nominative singular
- scharfzüngigen genitive masculine singular
- scharfzüngigem dative masculine singular
- der scharfzüngige definite includes-article masculine
- die scharfzüngige definite feminine includes-article
- das scharfzüngige definite includes-article neuter
- die scharfzüngigen definite includes-article nominative
- des scharfzüngigen definite genitive includes-article
- der scharfzüngigen definite feminine genitive
- dem scharfzüngigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce scharfzüngig?
- /ˈʃaʁfˌt͡sʏŋɪç/
- /ˈʃaʁfˌt͡sʏŋɪk/
- [ˈʃaʁfˌt͡sʏŋɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to scharfzüngig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is scharfzüngig in German?
scharfzüngig appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).