wissbegierig
German, adjective/ˈvɪsbəˌɡiːʁɪç/
wissbegierig is spelled W-I-S-S-B-E-G-I-E-R-I-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wissbegierig is a German adjective meaning “inquisitive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “stark interessiert”.
What does wissbegierig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
inquisitive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. stark interessiert
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 wissbegierig
- wissbegieriger masculine nominative singular
- am wissbegierigsten superlative
- wissbegierige feminine nominative singular
- wissbegieriges neuter nominative singular
- wissbegierigen genitive masculine singular
- wissbegierigem dative masculine singular
- der wissbegierige definite includes-article masculine
- die wissbegierige definite feminine includes-article
- das wissbegierige definite includes-article neuter
- die wissbegierigen definite includes-article nominative
- des wissbegierigen definite genitive includes-article
- der wissbegierigen definite feminine genitive
- dem wissbegierigen dative definite includes-article
- wißbegierig obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wissbegierig?
- /ˈvɪsbəˌɡiːʁɪç/
- /-ˌɡiːʁɪk/
- [ˈvɪsbəˌɡiːʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wissbegierig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wissbegierig in German?
wissbegierig appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).