schlaksig
German, adjective/ˈʃlaːksɪç/
schlaksig is spelled S-C-H-L-A-K-S-I-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 232,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlaksig is a German adjective meaning “lanky, gangling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ungelenk aufgrund großer Körperlänge”.
What does schlaksig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lanky, gangling
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ungelenk aufgrund großer Körperlänge
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 schlaksig
- schlaksiger masculine nominative singular
- am schlaksigsten superlative
- schlaksige feminine nominative singular
- schlaksiges neuter nominative singular
- schlaksigen genitive masculine singular
- schlaksigem dative masculine singular
- der schlaksige definite includes-article masculine
- die schlaksige definite feminine includes-article
- das schlaksige definite includes-article neuter
- die schlaksigen definite includes-article nominative
- des schlaksigen definite genitive includes-article
- der schlaksigen definite feminine genitive
- dem schlaksigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schlaksig?
- /ˈʃlaːksɪç/
- /ˈʃlaːksɪk/
- [ˈʃlaːksɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schlaksig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schlaksig in German?
schlaksig appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).