spitzig
German, adjective/ˈʃpɪt͡sɪç/
spitzig is spelled S-P-I-T-Z-I-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 254,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spitzig is a German adjective meaning “synonym of spitz (“pointed”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zum Ende eines Gegenstandes hin schmal zulaufend”.
What does spitzig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
archaicsynonym of spitz (“pointed”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zum Ende eines Gegenstandes hin schmal zulaufend 2. Anstoß erregend 3. entkräftet und abgezehrt aussehend
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 spitzig
- spitziger masculine nominative singular
- am spitzigsten superlative
- spitzige feminine nominative singular
- spitziges neuter nominative singular
- spitzigen genitive masculine singular
- spitzigem dative masculine singular
- der spitzige definite includes-article masculine
- die spitzige definite feminine includes-article
- das spitzige definite includes-article neuter
- die spitzigen definite includes-article nominative
- des spitzigen definite genitive includes-article
- der spitzigen definite feminine genitive
- dem spitzigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spitzig?
- /ˈʃpɪt͡sɪç/
- /ˈʃpɪt͡sɪk/
- [ˈʃpɪt͡sɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to spitzig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is spitzig in German?
spitzig appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).