stachelig
German, adjective/ˈʃtaxəlɪç/
stachelig is a German adjective meaning “spiny, thorny, prickly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Stacheln versehen, ausgestattet, besetzt”.
What does stachelig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
spiny, thorny, prickly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit Stacheln versehen, ausgestattet, besetzt 2. gegen andere oder eigene Verhaltensweisen wirkend
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 stachelig
- stacheliger masculine nominative singular
- am stacheligsten superlative
- stachelige feminine nominative singular
- stacheliges neuter nominative singular
- stacheligen genitive masculine singular
- stacheligem dative masculine singular
- der stachelige definite includes-article masculine
- die stachelige definite feminine includes-article
- das stachelige definite includes-article neuter
- die stacheligen definite includes-article nominative
- des stacheligen definite genitive includes-article
- der stacheligen definite feminine genitive
- dem stacheligen dative definite includes-article
- stachlig variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stachelig?
- /ˈʃtaxəlɪç/
- /ˈʃtaxəlɪk/
- [ˈʃtaxəlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to stachelig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is stachelig in German?
stachelig 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).