weich
German, adjective/vaɪ̯ç/
weich is spelled W-E-I-C-H (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weich is a German adjective meaning “soft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne großen Kraftaufwand plastisch verformbar”.
What does weich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
soft
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne großen Kraftaufwand plastisch verformbar 2. sensibel, empfindsam, zart 3. mild 4. mit geringem Gehalt an gelöstem Kalk
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 weich
- weicher masculine nominative singular
- am weichsten superlative
- weiche feminine nominative singular
- weiches neuter nominative singular
- weichen genitive masculine singular
- weichem dative masculine singular
- der weiche definite includes-article masculine
- die weiche definite feminine includes-article
- das weiche definite includes-article neuter
- die weichen definite includes-article nominative
- des weichen definite genitive includes-article
- der weichen definite feminine genitive
- dem weichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce weich?
- /vaɪ̯ç/
- [vaɪ̯ç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to weich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is weich in German?
weich appears 11 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).