wichtigmachen
German, verb
wichtigmachen is spelled W-I-C-H-T-I-G-M-A-C-H-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written German, the 535,730th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wichtigmachen is a German verb meaning “to put on airs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wichtigmachen is a different word: “gerund of wichtigmachen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Bedeutung der eigenen Person in übertriebener Weise in den Vordergrund stellen”.
What does wichtigmachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put on airs
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wichtigmachen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Bedeutung der eigenen Person in übertriebener Weise in den Vordergrund stellen
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 wichtigmachen
- macht wichtig present singular third-person
- machte wichtig past
- wichtiggemacht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- wichtigmachend participle present
- wichtigzumachen infinitive infinitive-zu
- mache wichtig first-person indicative present
- machen wichtig first-person indicative plural
- machst wichtig indicative present second-person
- machest wichtig second-person singular subjunctive
- machet wichtig plural second-person subjunctive
- machten wichtig first-person indicative plural
- machtest wichtig indicative preterite second-person
- machtet wichtig indicative plural preterite
- wichtig machen obsolete
- mach wichtig! imperative singular
- mache wichtig! imperative singular
- macht wichtig! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is wichtigmachen in German?
wichtigmachen appears about once in every 74 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).