felsige

Felsige is a German adjective meaning rocky or stony. It is formed from the noun Fels (rock) plus the adjectival suffix -ig, indicating the quality of having rocks or being characterized by rocks. In standard usage it describes geological features, landscapes, surfaces and similar qualities.

Grammatical notes: felsige is most commonly used attributively before a noun, with appropriate endings for number and case. For example: der felsige Felsen (masculine singular, nominative), die felsige Landschaft (feminine singular), das felsige Tal (neuter singular). Plural: die felsigen Klippen. After an indefinite article, the endings differ: ein felsiger Felsen (masculine, nominative), eine felsige Landschaft (feminine, nominative), ein felsiges Tal (neuter, nominative). Predicative use is common as well: Der Felsen ist felsig. The word is normally written with a lowercase f, unless it begins a sentence or is used as a rare noun; in specialized contexts it could be capitalized as das Felsige, though this is uncommon.

Usage and contexts: felsige describes natural features with a rocky character, often found in geography, geology, travel writing and landscape descriptions. It can modify varieties of rock or terrain, such as felsige Klippen, felsige Hänge or felsiges Gestein, conveying a sense of rugged, rock-dominated terrain. It is less common in metaphorical or abstract uses than terms like rau oder zerklüftet, but it can appear in descriptive prose to emphasize a stony landscape.

See also: Fels, felsig, German adjectives with the suffix -ig, rocky landscapes in geology.