schmächtig
German, adjective/ˈʃmɛçtɪç/
schmächtig is spelled S-C-H-M-Ä-C-H-T-I-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 92,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmächtig is a German adjective meaning “lanky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von zartem Körperbau”.
What does schmächtig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lanky
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von zartem Körperbau
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 schmächtig
- schmächtiger masculine nominative singular
- am schmächtigsten superlative
- schmächtige feminine nominative singular
- schmächtiges neuter nominative singular
- schmächtigen genitive masculine singular
- schmächtigem dative masculine singular
- der schmächtige definite includes-article masculine
- die schmächtige definite feminine includes-article
- das schmächtige definite includes-article neuter
- die schmächtigen definite includes-article nominative
- des schmächtigen definite genitive includes-article
- der schmächtigen definite feminine genitive
- dem schmächtigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schmächtig?
- /ˈʃmɛçtɪç/
- /ˈʃmɛçtɪk/
- [ˈʃmɛçtɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schmächtig in German?
schmächtig appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).