How would you like to use PONS.com?

Already PONS Pur or PONS Translate Pro subscriber?

PONS with ads

Go to PONS.com as usual with ad tracking and advertisements

You can find details of tracking in Information about data protection and under Privacy settings.

PONS Pur

without advertising by third parties

without ad tracking

Subscribe now

If you already have a user account for PONS.com, then you can subscribe to PONS Pur .

We process your data to deliver content or advertisements and measure the delivery of such content or advertisements to extract insights about our website. We share this information with our partners on the basis of consent and legitimate interest. You may exercise your right to consent or object to a legitimate interest, based on a specific purpose below or at a partner level in the link under each purpose. These choices will be signaled to our vendors participating in the Transparency and Consent Framework.

Cookies, device or similar online identifiers (e.g. login-based identifiers, randomly assigned identifiers, network based identifiers) together with other information (e.g. browser type and information, language, screen size, supported technologies etc.) can be stored or read on your device to recognise it each time it connects to an app or to a website, for one or several of the purposes presented here.

Advertising and content can be personalised based on your profile. Your activity on this service can be used to build or improve a profile about you for personalised advertising and content. Advertising and content performance can be measured. Reports can be generated based on your activity and those of others. Your activity on this service can help develop and improve products and services.

Legal noticeData protectionPrivacy settings
Plimsoll
rickety
German
German
English
English
wa·cke·lig, wack·lig [ˈvak(ə)lɪç] ADJ
1. wackelig (nicht fest stehend):
wackelig
rickety
wackelig (Konstruktion)
rickety
wackelig (Konstruktion)
unsound
wackelig (Säule)
shaky
wackelig (Steckdose)
loose
wackelig (Stuhl, Tisch)
unsteady
2. wackelig (nicht solide):
wackelig
shaky
wackelig (Firma)
unsound
wackelig (Firma)
shaky
English
English
German
German
waggly
wack[e]lig
tottering
wack[e]lig
tottery
wack[e]lig
ramshackle
wack[e]lig
groggy
wack[e]lig auf den Beinen
rubbery legs
wack[e]lig
rocky
wack[e]lig
shakily
wack[e]lig
punch-drunk
wack[e]lig [auf den Beinen]
PONS OpenDict

Would you like to add a word, a phrase or a translation?

We'd love you to send us a new entry for PONS OpenDict. The submitted suggestions are reviewed by the PONS editorial team and incorporated into the results accordingly.

Add entry
Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)
the doctors are now letting her get out of bed, but she's not yet steady on her legs
die Ärzte lassen sie jetzt aufstehen, aber sie ist noch etwas wack[e]lig auf den Beinen
to feel a bit shaky (physically)
noch etwas wack[e]lig auf den Beinen sein
I'm still a bit shaky on my pins
ich bin immer noch ziemlich wack[e]lig auf den Beinen
Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)
Auch die wackeligen Handkameras wurden nicht mehr gebraucht.
de.wikipedia.org
Die Kamera ist oft wackelig, um das Geschehen authentischer wirken zu lassen.
de.wikipedia.org
Die neue Gesellschaft stand aber immer noch auf wirtschaftlich wackeligen Füßen und arbeitete uneffektiv.
de.wikipedia.org
Nach der Hälfte des Films höre die an sich schon wackelige Geschichte auf, sich zu entwickeln.
de.wikipedia.org
Am Boden ist sein Gang wackelig mit ausgeprägten Sprüngen.
de.wikipedia.org
Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)
[...]
Genieße die Fahrt, mit der Dich der urkomische und gruselige Fährmann auf einem wackeligen Floß über die Spree in Sicherheit bringt.
[...]
www.thedungeons.com
[...]
Enjoy the ride while the hilariously creepy Rat guides you to safety across the River Spree in a rickety raft.
[...]
www.thedungeons.com
[...]
Wackelige Hängebrücken, schwankende Kletterelemente und rasante Seilrutschen - vor den Toren Stuttgarts zwischen Rohr und Leinfelden (Oberaichen) lädt der Waldklettergarten Schmellbachtal zu spannenden "Höhen(aus)flügen" ein.
www.parkhotel-stuttgart.de
[...]
Rickety suspension bridges, climbing elements and rapid rope slides. Close to Leinfelden (Oberaichen) the climbing parcour Waldklettergarten Schmellbachtal invites you to high flights.
www.parkhotel-stuttgart.de
[...]
Genieße die Fahrt, mit der Dich der urkomische und gruselige Fährmann auf einem wackeligen Floß über die Spree in Sicherheit bringt.
[...]
www.thedungeons.com
[...]
Enjoy the ride while the hilariously creepy Rat guides you to safety across the River Spree in a rickety raft.
[...]
www.thedungeons.com
[...]
Wackelige Hängebrücken, schwankende Kletterelemente und rasante Seilrutschen - vor den Toren Stuttgarts zwischen Rohr und Leinfelden (Oberaichen) lädt der Waldklettergarten Schmellbachtal zu spannenden "Höhen(aus)flügen" ein.
www.parkhotel-stuttgart.de
[...]
Rickety suspension bridges, climbing elements and rapid rope slides. Close to Leinfelden (Oberaichen) the climbing parcour Waldklettergarten Schmellbachtal invites you to high flights.
www.parkhotel-stuttgart.de
[...]
Btw. fast das ganze Video über sieht man seine Füße nicht, entweder hatte er da keine Heels an, oder es ist eben doch zu wackelig um es zu zeigen…
[...]
zoe-delay.de
[...]
Btw. almost the whole video you can see its not about feet, either because he had no heels on, or is it just yet too shaky to show it…
[...]
zoe-delay.de

Browse the dictionary

Look up "wackelig" in other languages

German
Latin
German
Czech
German
Polish
German
Persian
German
Turkish
German
Romanian
German
Slovak
German
Slovenian
German
Portuguese
German
Swedish
German
Russian
German
Finnish
German
French
German
Italian
German
Icelandic

"wackelig" in the monolingual German dictionaries

German Learner's Dictionary
Dictionary of German Spelling