wortgewaltig
German, adjective/ˈvɔʁtɡəˌvaltɪç/
wortgewaltig is spelled W-O-R-T-G-E-W-A-L-T-I-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wortgewaltig is a German adjective meaning “magniloquent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “fähig, andere mit seinen Formulierungen zu beeindrucken”.
What does wortgewaltig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
magniloquent
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. fähig, andere mit seinen Formulierungen zu beeindrucken
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 wortgewaltig
- wortgewaltiger masculine nominative singular
- am wortgewaltigsten superlative
- wortgewaltige feminine nominative singular
- wortgewaltiges neuter nominative singular
- wortgewaltigen genitive masculine singular
- wortgewaltigem dative masculine singular
- der wortgewaltige definite includes-article masculine
- die wortgewaltige definite feminine includes-article
- das wortgewaltige definite includes-article neuter
- die wortgewaltigen definite includes-article nominative
- des wortgewaltigen definite genitive includes-article
- der wortgewaltigen definite feminine genitive
- dem wortgewaltigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wortgewaltig?
- /ˈvɔʁtɡəˌvaltɪç/
- [ˈvɔʁtɡəˌvaltɪç]
- [ˈvɔʁtɡəˌvaltɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is wortgewaltig in German?
wortgewaltig appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).