zweitklassig
German, adjective/ˈt͡svaɪ̯tˌklasɪç/
zweitklassig is spelled Z-W-E-I-T-K-L-A-S-S-I-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 116,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zweitklassig is a German adjective meaning “second-class, second-rate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von mäßiger Qualität, nicht besonders gut, von gerade noch akzeptabler Güte”.
What does zweitklassig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
second-class, second-rate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von mäßiger Qualität, nicht besonders gut, von gerade noch akzeptabler Güte 2. in der zweithöchsten Spielklasse spielend
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 zweitklassig
- zweitklassiger masculine nominative singular
- zweitklassige feminine nominative singular
- zweitklassiges neuter nominative singular
- zweitklassigen genitive masculine singular
- zweitklassigem dative masculine singular
- der zweitklassige definite includes-article masculine
- die zweitklassige definite feminine includes-article
- das zweitklassige definite includes-article neuter
- die zweitklassigen definite includes-article nominative
- des zweitklassigen definite genitive includes-article
- der zweitklassigen definite feminine genitive
- dem zweitklassigen dative definite includes-article
- den zweitklassigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zweitklassig?
- /ˈt͡svaɪ̯tˌklasɪç/
- /-ˌklasɪk/
- [ˈt͡svaɪ̯tˌklasɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zweitklassig in German?
zweitklassig appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).