sozusagen
German, adverb/ˌzoːtsuˈzaːɡŋ̩/
sozusagen is spelled S-O-Z-U-S-A-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,505th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sozusagen is a German adverb meaning “so to speak, in a manner of speaking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gewissermaßen”.
What does sozusagen mean in English?
adverb
- 1
so to speak, in a manner of speaking
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. gewissermaßen
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 sozusagen
- soz. abbreviation
- szs. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sozusagen?
- /ˌzoːtsuˈzaːɡŋ̩/
- [ˌzoːt͡suˈzaːɡŋ̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sozusagen in German?
sozusagen appears 17 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).