schwammig
German, adjective/ˈʃvamɪç/
schwammig is spelled S-C-H-W-A-M-M-I-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwammig is a German adjective meaning “pulpy, spongy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr unkonkret und im Grenzbereich individuell auszulegen; vielseitig interpretierbar (im negativen Sinne)”.
What does schwammig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pulpy, spongy
- 2
imprecise
Das ist ein schwammiger Begriff.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sehr unkonkret und im Grenzbereich individuell auszulegen; vielseitig interpretierbar (im negativen Sinne) 2. die Konsistenz eines Schwammes habend; wie ein Schwamm
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 schwammig
- schwammiger masculine nominative singular
- am schwammigsten superlative
- schwammige feminine nominative singular
- schwammiges neuter nominative singular
- schwammigen genitive masculine singular
- schwammigem dative masculine singular
- der schwammige definite includes-article masculine
- die schwammige definite feminine includes-article
- das schwammige definite includes-article neuter
- die schwammigen definite includes-article nominative
- des schwammigen definite genitive includes-article
- der schwammigen definite feminine genitive
- dem schwammigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schwammig?
- /ˈʃvamɪç/
- /ˈʃvamɪk/
- [ˈʃvamɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schwammig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schwammig in German?
schwammig appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).