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wacklig

German, adjective/ˈvaklɪç/

wacklig is a German adjective meaning “alternative form of wackelig” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht fest, nicht stabil, locker; mit der Fähigkeit zu wackeln”.

What does wacklig mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    alternative form of wackelig

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 wacklig

  • wackliger masculine nominative singular
  • am wackligsten superlative
  • wacklige feminine nominative singular
  • wackliges neuter nominative singular
  • wackligen genitive masculine singular
  • wackligem dative masculine singular
  • der wacklige definite includes-article masculine
  • die wacklige definite feminine includes-article
  • das wacklige definite includes-article neuter
  • die wackligen definite includes-article nominative
  • des wackligen definite genitive includes-article
  • der wackligen definite feminine genitive
  • dem wackligen dative definite includes-article
  • wackelig variant
  • wackelicht variant archaic

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce wacklig?

  • /ˈvaklɪç/
  • [ˈvaklɪç]
  • [ˈvaklɪk]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to wacklig

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is wacklig in German?

wacklig 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).