heftig
intense, heavy, intense, harsh
Intermediate Adjective
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Pronunciation
/ˈhɛftɪç/
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Cultural Note
While 'heftig' has a standard meaning of 'intense' or 'severe,' in colloquial speech it functions like 'heavy' or 'intense' as a reaction to shocking news or events. It straddles formal and informal registers — you'll hear it in news reports ('heftige Unwetter' = severe storms) as well as casual speech ('Heftig, Alter!' = Heavy, dude!).
📝 Example Sentences
Das war ein heftiger Streit.
That was an intense argument.
Heftig, was da passiert ist!
Heavy, what happened there!
Die Reaktion war ziemlich heftig.
The reaction was quite harsh.
📊 Adjective Forms
| Gender | Form |
|---|---|
| base | heftig |
| comparative | heftiger |
| predicative | heftig |
| superlative | am heftigsten |