schwierig
German, adjective/ˈʃviːrɪç/
schwierig is spelled S-C-H-W-I-E-R-I-G (9 letters) and appears 49 times per million words in written German, the 1,735th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwierig is a German adjective meaning “difficult, hard, challenging, tough” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Herausforderung darstellend, nicht einfach”.
What does schwierig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
difficult, hard, challenging, tough
- 2
difficult, prickly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine Herausforderung darstellend, nicht einfach
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 schwierig
- schwieriger masculine nominative singular
- am schwierigsten superlative
- schwierige feminine nominative singular
- schwieriges neuter nominative singular
- schwierigen genitive masculine singular
- schwierigem dative masculine singular
- der schwierige definite includes-article masculine
- die schwierige definite feminine includes-article
- das schwierige definite includes-article neuter
- die schwierigen definite includes-article nominative
- des schwierigen definite genitive includes-article
- der schwierigen definite feminine genitive
- dem schwierigen dative definite includes-article
- schwürig obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schwierig?
- /ˈʃviːrɪç/
- [ˈʃʋiːʁɪç]
- /ˈʃviːrik/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schwierig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schwierig in German?
schwierig appears 49 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).