zwielichtig
German, adjective/ˈtsviːˌlɪçtɪç/
zwielichtig is spelled Z-W-I-E-L-I-C-H-T-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 150,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zwielichtig is a German adjective meaning “dubious, shady, twilighty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “undurchsichtig, verdächtig”.
What does zwielichtig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dubious, shady, twilighty
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. undurchsichtig, verdächtig
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 zwielichtig
- zwielichtiger masculine nominative singular
- am zwielichtigsten superlative
- zwielichtige feminine nominative singular
- zwielichtiges neuter nominative singular
- zwielichtigen genitive masculine singular
- zwielichtigem dative masculine singular
- der zwielichtige definite includes-article masculine
- die zwielichtige definite feminine includes-article
- das zwielichtige definite includes-article neuter
- die zwielichtigen definite includes-article nominative
- des zwielichtigen definite genitive includes-article
- der zwielichtigen definite feminine genitive
- dem zwielichtigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zwielichtig?
- /ˈtsviːˌlɪçtɪç/
- /-ˌlɪçtɪk/
- [ˈt͡sviːˌlɪçtɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zwielichtig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zwielichtig in German?
zwielichtig 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).