zackig
German, adjective/ˈt͡sakɪç/
zackig is spelled Z-A-C-K-I-G (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 57,755th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zackig is a German adjective meaning “jagged” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Zacken versehen, besetzt, ausgestattet; ausgefranst, nicht glatt”.
What does zackig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
jagged
- 2
colloquialbrisk, sharp, snappy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit Zacken versehen, besetzt, ausgestattet; ausgefranst, nicht glatt 2. schneidig, straff
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 zackig
- zackiger masculine nominative singular
- am zackigsten superlative
- zackige feminine nominative singular
- zackiges neuter nominative singular
- zackigen genitive masculine singular
- zackigem dative masculine singular
- der zackige definite includes-article masculine
- die zackige definite feminine includes-article
- das zackige definite includes-article neuter
- die zackigen definite includes-article nominative
- des zackigen definite genitive includes-article
- der zackigen definite feminine genitive
- dem zackigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zackig?
- /ˈt͡sakɪç/
- /ˈt͡sakɪk/
- [ˈt͡sakɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zackig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zackig in German?
zackig 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).