tiefsinnig
German, adjective/ˈtiːfˌzɪnɪç/
tiefsinnig is spelled T-I-E-F-S-I-N-N-I-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 78,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tiefsinnig is a German adjective meaning “profound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Dingen auf den Grund gehend”.
What does tiefsinnig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
profound
- 2
thoughtful, pensive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. den Dingen auf den Grund gehend
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 tiefsinnig
- tiefsinniger masculine nominative singular
- am tiefsinnigsten superlative
- tiefsinnige feminine nominative singular
- tiefsinniges neuter nominative singular
- tiefsinnigen genitive masculine singular
- tiefsinnigem dative masculine singular
- der tiefsinnige definite includes-article masculine
- die tiefsinnige definite feminine includes-article
- das tiefsinnige definite includes-article neuter
- die tiefsinnigen definite includes-article nominative
- des tiefsinnigen definite genitive includes-article
- der tiefsinnigen definite feminine genitive
- dem tiefsinnigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tiefsinnig?
- /ˈtiːfˌzɪnɪç/
- /ˈtiːfˌzɪnɪk/
- [ˈtiːfˌzɪnɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tiefsinnig in German?
tiefsinnig appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).