zappelig
German, adjective[ˈt͡sapəlɪç]
zappelig is spelled Z-A-P-P-E-L-I-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 152,733rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zappelig is a German adjective meaning “fidgety or wriggly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “andauernd in Bewegung, unfähig, seinen Bewegungsdrang zu beherrschen”.
What does zappelig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialfidgety or wriggly
zappliges Kind
- 2
colloquialnervous; anxious
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. andauernd in Bewegung, unfähig, seinen Bewegungsdrang zu beherrschen
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 zappelig
- zappeliger masculine nominative singular
- am zappeligsten superlative
- zappelige feminine nominative singular
- zappeliges neuter nominative singular
- zappeligen genitive masculine singular
- zappeligem dative masculine singular
- der zappelige definite includes-article masculine
- die zappelige definite feminine includes-article
- das zappelige definite includes-article neuter
- die zappeligen definite includes-article nominative
- des zappeligen definite genitive includes-article
- der zappeligen definite feminine genitive
- dem zappeligen dative definite includes-article
- zapplig alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zappelig?
- [ˈt͡sapəlɪç]
- [ˈt͡sapəlɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zappelig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zappelig in German?
zappelig appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).