züchtig
German, adjective/ˈt͡sʏçtɪç/
züchtig is spelled Z-Ü-C-H-T-I-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Züchtig is a German adjective meaning “chaste, virtuous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein hohes Maß an Anstand besitzend, sich sittlich und moralisch verhaltend”.
What does züchtig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
chaste, virtuous
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ein hohes Maß an Anstand besitzend, sich sittlich und moralisch verhaltend
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 züchtig
- züchtiger masculine nominative singular
- am züchtigsten superlative
- züchtige feminine nominative singular
- züchtiges neuter nominative singular
- züchtigen genitive masculine singular
- züchtigem dative masculine singular
- der züchtige definite includes-article masculine
- die züchtige definite feminine includes-article
- das züchtige definite includes-article neuter
- die züchtigen definite includes-article nominative
- des züchtigen definite genitive includes-article
- der züchtigen definite feminine genitive
- dem züchtigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce züchtig?
- /ˈt͡sʏçtɪç/
- [ˈt͡sʏçtɪç]
- [ˈt͡sʏçtɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to züchtig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is züchtig in German?
züchtig appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).