wackelig
German, adjective/ˈvakəlɪç/
wackelig is spelled W-A-C-K-E-L-I-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 49,558th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wackelig is a German adjective meaning “wobbly, unsteady (prone to wobbling or swaying, e.g. of rope bridges, tables, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht fest, nicht stabil, locker; mit der Fähigkeit zu wackeln”.
What does wackelig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wobbly, unsteady (prone to wobbling or swaying, e.g. of rope bridges, tables, etc.)
- 2
shaky, unstable (prone to collapsing from pressure or outside impulses, e.g. of stacked objects but also of governments, alliances, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht fest, nicht stabil, locker; mit der Fähigkeit zu wackeln 2. schwach, kraftlos 3. gefährdet, nicht sicher
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 wackelig
- wackeliger masculine nominative singular
- am wackeligsten superlative
- wackelige feminine nominative singular
- wackeliges neuter nominative singular
- wackeligen genitive masculine singular
- wackeligem dative masculine singular
- der wackelige definite includes-article masculine
- die wackelige definite feminine includes-article
- das wackelige definite includes-article neuter
- die wackeligen definite includes-article nominative
- des wackeligen definite genitive includes-article
- der wackeligen definite feminine genitive
- dem wackeligen dative definite includes-article
- wacklig variant
- wackelicht variant archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wackelig?
- /ˈvakəlɪç/
- /ˈvakəlɪk/
- [ˈvakəlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wackelig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wackelig in German?
wackelig appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).