zottelig
German, adjective[ˈt͡sɔtəlɪç]
zottelig is spelled Z-O-T-T-E-L-I-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zottelig is a German adjective meaning “hairy, scruffy, hirsute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit sehr groben, ungeordneten, meist längeren und verfilzten Haaren oder Fransen versehen”.
What does zottelig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hairy, scruffy, hirsute
zotteliger Hund
adverb
- 1
shaggily
Die Haare hingen ihr zottelig ins Gesicht laut
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit sehr groben, ungeordneten, meist längeren und verfilzten Haaren oder Fransen versehen 2. übertragen auch für Personen oder Tiere, die in Haaren oder Fell ungepflegt aussehen
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 zottelig
- zotteliger masculine nominative singular
- am zotteligsten superlative
- zottelige feminine nominative singular
- zotteliges neuter nominative singular
- zotteligen genitive masculine singular
- zotteligem dative masculine singular
- der zottelige definite includes-article masculine
- die zottelige definite feminine includes-article
- das zottelige definite includes-article neuter
- die zotteligen definite includes-article nominative
- des zotteligen definite genitive includes-article
- der zotteligen definite feminine genitive
- dem zotteligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zottelig?
- [ˈt͡sɔtəlɪç]
- [ˈt͡sɔtəlɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zottelig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zottelig in German?
zottelig appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).