zweischneidig
German, adjective/t͡svaɪˈʃnaɪdɪç/
zweischneidig is spelled Z-W-E-I-S-C-H-N-E-I-D-I-G (13 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 159,136th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zweischneidig is a German adjective meaning “double-edged, two-edged” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zwei scharf geschliffene Seiten habend”.
What does zweischneidig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
double-edged, two-edged
ein zweischneidiges Schwert
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zwei scharf geschliffene Seiten habend 2. gleichzeitig eine positive, aber auch eine negative Seite habend; Vor- und Nachteile habend
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 zweischneidig
- zweischneidiger masculine nominative singular
- am zweischneidigsten superlative
- zweischneidige feminine nominative singular
- zweischneidiges neuter nominative singular
- zweischneidigen genitive masculine singular
- zweischneidigem dative masculine singular
- der zweischneidige definite includes-article masculine
- die zweischneidige definite feminine includes-article
- das zweischneidige definite includes-article neuter
- die zweischneidigen definite includes-article nominative
- des zweischneidigen definite genitive includes-article
- der zweischneidigen definite feminine genitive
- dem zweischneidigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zweischneidig?
- /t͡svaɪˈʃnaɪdɪç/
- /-ˈʃnaɪdɪk/
- [ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌʃnaɪ̯dɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zweischneidig in German?
zweischneidig appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).