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wertig

German, adjective/ˈveːɐ̯tɪç/

wertig is spelled W-E-R-T-I-G (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 120,168th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wertig is a German adjective meaning “high-quality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von guter Qualität”.

What does wertig mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    high-quality

  2. 2

    valent

suffix

as -wertig
  1. 1

    valent

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. von guter Qualität 2. etwas würdig sein

suffix: 1. nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement, das angibt, welche Art von Wert/Geldwert etwas hat 2. nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement, das angibt, welche Art von Wert/Zahlwert etwas hat

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 wertig

  • wertiger masculine nominative singular
  • am wertigsten superlative
  • wertige feminine nominative singular
  • wertiges neuter nominative singular
  • wertigen genitive masculine singular
  • wertigem dative masculine singular
  • der wertige definite includes-article masculine
  • die wertige definite feminine includes-article
  • das wertige definite includes-article neuter
  • die wertigen definite includes-article nominative
  • des wertigen definite genitive includes-article
  • der wertigen definite feminine genitive
  • dem wertigen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce wertig?

  • /ˈveːɐ̯tɪç/
  • /ˈveːɐ̯tɪk/
  • [ˈveːɐ̯tɪç]

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

How common is wertig in German?

wertig appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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