weitschweifig
German, adjective/ˈvaɪ̯tˌʃvaɪ̯fɪç/
weitschweifig is spelled W-E-I-T-S-C-H-W-E-I-F-I-G (13 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 247,831st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weitschweifig is a German adjective meaning “verbose, wordy, prolix” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine große Fläche abdeckend, mit vielen Umwegen”.
What does weitschweifig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
verbose, wordy, prolix
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine große Fläche abdeckend, mit vielen Umwegen 2. ausführlicher und wortreicher als nötig
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 weitschweifig
- weitschweifiger masculine nominative singular
- am weitschweifigsten superlative
- weitschweifige feminine nominative singular
- weitschweifiges neuter nominative singular
- weitschweifigen genitive masculine singular
- weitschweifigem dative masculine singular
- der weitschweifige definite includes-article masculine
- die weitschweifige definite feminine includes-article
- das weitschweifige definite includes-article neuter
- die weitschweifigen definite includes-article nominative
- des weitschweifigen definite genitive includes-article
- der weitschweifigen definite feminine genitive
- dem weitschweifigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce weitschweifig?
- /ˈvaɪ̯tˌʃvaɪ̯fɪç/
- [ˈvaɪ̯tˌʃvaɪ̯fɪç]
- [ˈvaɪ̯tˌʃvaɪ̯fɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to weitschweifig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is weitschweifig in German?
weitschweifig appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).