schuppig
German, adjective/ˈʃʊpɪç/
schuppig is spelled S-C-H-U-P-P-I-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 146,442nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schuppig is a German adjective meaning “scaly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “uneben, oftmals durch kleine, hochstehende Hautablösungen gekennzeichnet”.
What does schuppig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
scaly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. uneben, oftmals durch kleine, hochstehende Hautablösungen gekennzeichnet 2. mit Schuppen bedeckt
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 schuppig
- schuppiger masculine nominative singular
- am schuppigsten superlative
- schuppige feminine nominative singular
- schuppiges neuter nominative singular
- schuppigen genitive masculine singular
- schuppigem dative masculine singular
- der schuppige definite includes-article masculine
- die schuppige definite feminine includes-article
- das schuppige definite includes-article neuter
- die schuppigen definite includes-article nominative
- des schuppigen definite genitive includes-article
- der schuppigen definite feminine genitive
- dem schuppigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schuppig?
- /ˈʃʊpɪç/
- /ˈʃʊpɪk/
- [ˈʃʊpɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schuppig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schuppig in German?
schuppig appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).