schwermütig
German, adjective/ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌmyːtɪç/
schwermütig is spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-M-Ü-T-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 75,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwermütig is a German adjective meaning “melancholic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “über eine Gemütsstimmung: von Nachdenklichkeit und Melancholie geprägt”.
What does schwermütig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
melancholic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. über eine Gemütsstimmung: von Nachdenklichkeit und Melancholie geprägt
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 schwermütig
- schwermütiger masculine nominative singular
- am schwermütigsten superlative
- schwermütige feminine nominative singular
- schwermütiges neuter nominative singular
- schwermütigen genitive masculine singular
- schwermütigem dative masculine singular
- der schwermütige definite includes-article masculine
- die schwermütige definite feminine includes-article
- das schwermütige definite includes-article neuter
- die schwermütigen definite includes-article nominative
- des schwermütigen definite genitive includes-article
- der schwermütigen definite feminine genitive
- dem schwermütigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schwermütig?
- /ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌmyːtɪç/
- /-ˌmyːtɪk/
- [ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌmyːtɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schwermütig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schwermütig in German?
schwermütig appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).