wortkarg
German, adjective/ˈvɔʁtˌkaʁk/
wortkarg is spelled W-O-R-T-K-A-R-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 87,510th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wortkarg is a German adjective meaning “taciturn, laconic (disinclined to speak)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit nur wenigen Worten, mit Worten sparsam”.
What does wortkarg mean in English?
adjective
- 1
taciturn, laconic (disinclined to speak)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit nur wenigen Worten, mit Worten sparsam
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 wortkarg
- wortkarger masculine nominative singular
- am wortkargsten superlative
- wortkarge feminine nominative singular
- wortkarges neuter nominative singular
- wortkargen genitive masculine singular
- wortkargem dative masculine singular
- der wortkarge definite includes-article masculine
- die wortkarge definite feminine includes-article
- das wortkarge definite includes-article neuter
- die wortkargen definite includes-article nominative
- des wortkargen definite genitive includes-article
- der wortkargen definite feminine genitive
- dem wortkargen dative definite includes-article
- wortkärger comparative
- am wortkärgsten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wortkarg?
- /ˈvɔʁtˌkaʁk/
- [ˈvɔʁtˌkaʁk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wortkarg
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wortkarg in German?
wortkarg 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).