wachsweich
German, adjective/ˈvaksˈvaɪ̯ç/
wachsweich is spelled W-A-C-H-S-W-E-I-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wachsweich is a German adjective meaning “waxy (in texture)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Konsistenz wie Wachs habend, auf leichten Druck nachgebend”.
What does wachsweich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
waxy (in texture)
- 2
compliant, docile, submissive
- 3
vague, indistinct, imprecise
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine Konsistenz wie Wachs habend, auf leichten Druck nachgebend 2. schnell dazu bereit, sein Verhalten, seine Meinung bestimmten Erfordernissen anzupassen 3. nicht klar und eindeutig, sondern auf verschiedene Weise interpretierbar
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 wachsweich
- wachsweicher masculine nominative singular
- wachsweiche feminine nominative singular
- wachsweiches neuter nominative singular
- wachsweichen genitive masculine singular
- wachsweichem dative masculine singular
- der wachsweiche definite includes-article masculine
- die wachsweiche definite feminine includes-article
- das wachsweiche definite includes-article neuter
- die wachsweichen definite includes-article nominative
- des wachsweichen definite genitive includes-article
- der wachsweichen definite feminine genitive
- dem wachsweichen dative definite includes-article
- den wachsweichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wachsweich?
- /ˈvaksˈvaɪ̯ç/
- [ˈvaksˈvaɪ̯ç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is wachsweich in German?
wachsweich appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).