schrullig
German, adjective/ˈʃʁʊlɪç/
schrullig is spelled S-C-H-R-U-L-L-I-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schrullig is a German adjective meaning “whimsical, quirky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wunderlich, egozentrisch, eigensinnig, verrückte Einfälle habend”.
What does schrullig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
whimsical, quirky
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. wunderlich, egozentrisch, eigensinnig, verrückte Einfälle habend
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 schrullig
- schrulliger masculine nominative singular
- am schrulligsten superlative
- schrullige feminine nominative singular
- schrulliges neuter nominative singular
- schrulligen genitive masculine singular
- schrulligem dative masculine singular
- der schrullige definite includes-article masculine
- die schrullige definite feminine includes-article
- das schrullige definite includes-article neuter
- die schrulligen definite includes-article nominative
- des schrulligen definite genitive includes-article
- der schrulligen definite feminine genitive
- dem schrulligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schrullig?
- /ˈʃʁʊlɪç/
- /ˈʃʁʊlɪk/
- [ˈʃʁʊlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schrullig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schrullig in German?
schrullig appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).