weitläufig
German, adjective/ˈvaɪ̯tˌlɔɪ̯fɪç/
weitläufig is spelled W-E-I-T-L-Ä-U-F-I-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,786th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weitläufig is a German adjective meaning “spacious, ample, expansive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “räumlich ausgedehnt”.
What does weitläufig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
spacious, ample, expansive
- 2
rambling, sprawling (larger than needed)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. räumlich ausgedehnt 2. etwas mehr als unbedingt nötig 3. nicht direkt
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 weitläufig
- weitläufiger masculine nominative singular
- am weitläufigsten superlative
- weitläufige feminine nominative singular
- weitläufiges neuter nominative singular
- weitläufigen genitive masculine singular
- weitläufigem dative masculine singular
- der weitläufige definite includes-article masculine
- die weitläufige definite feminine includes-article
- das weitläufige definite includes-article neuter
- die weitläufigen definite includes-article nominative
- des weitläufigen definite genitive includes-article
- der weitläufigen definite feminine genitive
- dem weitläufigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce weitläufig?
- /ˈvaɪ̯tˌlɔɪ̯fɪç/
- [ˈvaɪ̯tˌlɔɪ̯fɪç]
- [ˈvaɪ̯tˌlɔɪ̯fɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to weitläufig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is weitläufig in German?
weitläufig 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).