schwielig
German, adjective/ˈʃviːlɪç/
schwielig is spelled S-C-H-W-I-E-L-I-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written German, the 464,147th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwielig is a German adjective meaning “callous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Schwielen”.
What does schwielig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
callous
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit Schwielen
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 schwielig
- schwieliger masculine nominative singular
- am schwieligsten superlative
- schwielige feminine nominative singular
- schwieliges neuter nominative singular
- schwieligen genitive masculine singular
- schwieligem dative masculine singular
- der schwielige definite includes-article masculine
- die schwielige definite feminine includes-article
- das schwielige definite includes-article neuter
- die schwieligen definite includes-article nominative
- des schwieligen definite genitive includes-article
- der schwieligen definite feminine genitive
- dem schwieligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schwielig?
- /ˈʃviːlɪç/
- /ˈʃviːlɪk/
- [ˈʃviːlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schwielig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schwielig in German?
schwielig appears about once in every 58 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).