sehnig
German, adjective/ˈzeːnɪç/
sehnig is spelled S-E-H-N-I-G (6 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 251,029th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sehnig is a German adjective meaning “sinewy; stringy (full of long fibres and hence difficult to chew)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Sehnen versehen, voller Sehnen”.
What does sehnig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sinewy; stringy (full of long fibres and hence difficult to chew)
- 2
wiry (thin and slender, but tough, such that one can see sinews and muscle fibres under the skin)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit Sehnen versehen, voller Sehnen 2. kräftig und ohne überschüssiges Fett
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 sehnig
- sehniger masculine nominative singular
- am sehnigsten superlative
- sehnige feminine nominative singular
- sehniges neuter nominative singular
- sehnigen genitive masculine singular
- sehnigem dative masculine singular
- der sehnige definite includes-article masculine
- die sehnige definite feminine includes-article
- das sehnige definite includes-article neuter
- die sehnigen definite includes-article nominative
- des sehnigen definite genitive includes-article
- der sehnigen definite feminine genitive
- dem sehnigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sehnig?
- Germany /ˈzeːnɪç/
- Austria /ˈseːnɪk/
- [ˈzeːnɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sehnig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sehnig in German?
sehnig appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).