spielsüchtig
German, adjective/ˈʃpiːlˌzʏçtɪç/
spielsüchtig is spelled S-P-I-E-L-S-Ü-C-H-T-I-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spielsüchtig is a German adjective meaning “addicted to gambling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einem krankhaften Verlangen nach Glücksspielen”.
What does spielsüchtig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
addicted to gambling
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit einem krankhaften Verlangen nach Glücksspielen
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 spielsüchtig
- spielsüchtiger masculine nominative singular
- am spielsüchtigsten superlative
- spielsüchtige feminine nominative singular
- spielsüchtiges neuter nominative singular
- spielsüchtigen genitive masculine singular
- spielsüchtigem dative masculine singular
- der spielsüchtige definite includes-article masculine
- die spielsüchtige definite feminine includes-article
- das spielsüchtige definite includes-article neuter
- die spielsüchtigen definite includes-article nominative
- des spielsüchtigen definite genitive includes-article
- der spielsüchtigen definite feminine genitive
- dem spielsüchtigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spielsüchtig?
- /ˈʃpiːlˌzʏçtɪç/
- /-ˌzʏçtɪk/
- [ˈʃpiːlˌzʏçtɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is spielsüchtig in German?
spielsüchtig appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).