wirtelig
German, adjective/ˈvɪʁtəlɪç/
wirtelig is a German adjective meaning “whorled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in drei- oder mehrzähliger Stellung gleicher Objekte in gleichen Winkeln an einem Punkt einer Achse, zum…”.
What does wirtelig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
whorled
- 2
verticillate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in drei- oder mehrzähliger Stellung gleicher Objekte in gleichen Winkeln an einem Punkt einer Achse, zum Beispiel von Laubblättern am Knoten des Sprosses einer Pflanze
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 wirtelig
- wirteliger masculine nominative singular
- am wirteligsten superlative
- wirtelige feminine nominative singular
- wirteliges neuter nominative singular
- wirteligen genitive masculine singular
- wirteligem dative masculine singular
- der wirtelige definite includes-article masculine
- die wirtelige definite feminine includes-article
- das wirtelige definite includes-article neuter
- die wirteligen definite includes-article nominative
- des wirteligen definite genitive includes-article
- der wirteligen definite feminine genitive
- dem wirteligen dative definite includes-article
- wirtlig variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wirtelig?
- /ˈvɪʁtəlɪç/
- /ˈvɪʁtəlɪk/
- [ˈvɪʁtəlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wirtelig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wirtelig in German?
wirtelig appears about once in every 91 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).