schwergewichtig
German, adjective[ˈʃveːɐ̯ɡəˌvɪçtɪç]
schwergewichtig is spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-G-E-W-I-C-H-T-I-G (15 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 278,604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwergewichtig is a German adjective meaning “heavyweight, bulky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von großem Gewicht, schwer; ein hohes Körpergewicht habend”.
What does schwergewichtig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
heavyweight, bulky
- 2
weighty
ein schwergewichtiges Argument
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von großem Gewicht, schwer; ein hohes Körpergewicht habend 2. von großer Bedeutung 3. einen Schwerpunkt 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 schwergewichtig
- schwergewichtiger masculine nominative singular
- am schwergewichtigsten superlative
- schwergewichtige feminine nominative singular
- schwergewichtiges neuter nominative singular
- schwergewichtigen genitive masculine singular
- schwergewichtigem dative masculine singular
- der schwergewichtige definite includes-article masculine
- die schwergewichtige definite feminine includes-article
- das schwergewichtige definite includes-article neuter
- die schwergewichtigen definite includes-article nominative
- des schwergewichtigen definite genitive includes-article
- der schwergewichtigen definite feminine genitive
- dem schwergewichtigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schwergewichtig?
- [ˈʃveːɐ̯ɡəˌvɪçtɪç]
- [ˈʃveːɐ̯ɡəˌvɪçtɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schwergewichtig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schwergewichtig in German?
schwergewichtig appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).