seiger
German, adjective
seiger is spelled S-E-I-G-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seiger is a German adjective meaning “vertical, perpendicular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Seiger is a different word: “clock (chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly…”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “senkrecht, lotrecht”.
What does seiger mean in English?
adjective
- 1
vertical, perpendicular
noun
- 1
masculineobsoleteclock (chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day)
- 2
masculineobsoletehand (index or pointer on a dial, such as on an analogue clock)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. senkrecht, lotrecht
noun: 1. die Uhr
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 seiger
- seigerer masculine nominative singular
- seigere feminine nominative singular
- seigeres neuter nominative singular
- seigeren genitive masculine singular
- seigerem dative masculine singular
- der seigere definite includes-article masculine
- die seigere definite feminine includes-article
- das seigere definite includes-article neuter
- die seigeren definite includes-article nominative
- des seigeren definite genitive includes-article
- der seigeren definite feminine genitive
- dem seigeren dative definite includes-article
- den seigeren dative definite includes-article
- saiger alternative
- Seigers genitive singular
- Seigern dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is seiger in German?
seiger appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).