schuldig
German, adjective/ˈʃʊldɪç/
schuldig is spelled S-C-H-U-L-D-I-G (8 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,505th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schuldig is a German adjective meaning “[with genitive] guilty (of), culpable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “für etwas die Schuld tragend”.
What does schuldig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
[with genitive] guilty (of), culpable
Er wurde des Mordes schuldig befunden und zum Tode verurteilt.
- 2
[with accusative] owing, indebted to
Egal was er sagt, bist du ihm keine Erklärung schuldig.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. für etwas die Schuld tragend 2. gegenüber jemandem zu etwas verpflichtet 3. jemandem zwingend entgegenzubringen
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 schuldig
- schuldiger masculine nominative singular
- am schuldigsten superlative
- schuldige feminine nominative singular
- schuldiges neuter nominative singular
- schuldigen genitive masculine singular
- schuldigem dative masculine singular
- der schuldige definite includes-article masculine
- die schuldige definite feminine includes-article
- das schuldige definite includes-article neuter
- die schuldigen definite includes-article nominative
- des schuldigen definite genitive includes-article
- der schuldigen definite feminine genitive
- dem schuldigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schuldig?
- /ˈʃʊldɪç/
- /ˈʃʊldɪk/
- [ˈʃʊldɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schuldig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schuldig in German?
schuldig appears 17 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).