wichtig
German, adjective/ˈvɪçtɪç/
wichtig is spelled W-I-C-H-T-I-G (7 letters) and appears 195 times per million words in written German, the 443rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wichtig is a German adjective meaning “important, relevant, significant, weighty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wesentlich sein, von Gewicht, Bedeutung sein; Gewicht, Bedeutung habend”.
What does wichtig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
important, relevant, significant, weighty
Sport ist wichtig für die Gesundheit.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. wesentlich sein, von Gewicht, Bedeutung sein; Gewicht, Bedeutung habend
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 wichtig
- wichtiger masculine nominative singular
- am wichtigsten superlative
- wichtige feminine nominative singular
- wichtiges neuter nominative singular
- wichtigen genitive masculine singular
- wichtigem dative masculine singular
- der wichtige definite includes-article masculine
- die wichtige definite feminine includes-article
- das wichtige definite includes-article neuter
- die wichtigen definite includes-article nominative
- des wichtigen definite genitive includes-article
- der wichtigen definite feminine genitive
- dem wichtigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wichtig?
- /ˈvɪçtɪç/
- /ˈvɪʃtɪʃ/
- Austria /ˈvɪçtɪk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wichtig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wichtig in German?
wichtig appears 195 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).