Skip to content

biegsam

pliable, flexible, yielding

adjective BEEG-zahm Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Quality

Also means

adaptable, compliant

Usage Note

biegsam means willing to bend, pliable, supple — used of materials, bodies, or figuratively a person's accommodating character. Less common figuratively than flexibel or nachgiebig.

Examples

"Der junge Zweig war biegsam genug, um sich ohne zu brechen zu krümmen."

Natural Translation

The young branch was pliable enough to bend without breaking.

Literal Translation

The young branch was pliable enough to itself without to break to bend.

Free starter pack

Building your German vocabulary?

Get the 100 most common German words as a free PDF — one email, no spam.

Explore German by topic