Wichtigtuer
German, noun[ˈvɪçtɪçˌtuːɐ]
Wichtigtuer is spelled W-I-C-H-T-I-G-T-U-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 61,377th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wichtigtuer is a German masculine noun meaning “busybody, stuffed shirt, blowhard, pompous ass (US) / pompous git (UK) (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der sich aufspielt; jemand, der sich selbst für wichtiger hält, als er ist”.
What does Wichtigtuer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebusybody, stuffed shirt, blowhard, pompous ass (US) / pompous git (UK) (male or of unspecified gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der sich aufspielt; jemand, der sich selbst für wichtiger hält, als er ist
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 Wichtigtuer
- Wichtigtuers genitive
- Wichtigtuerin feminine
- Wichtigtuern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wichtigtuer?
- [ˈvɪçtɪçˌtuːɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wichtigtuer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wichtigtuer in German?
Wichtigtuer appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).