adjective
foggy, misty
A2
nebelig: adjective meaning foggy or misty. Describes weather: es ist nebelig. Gradable: comparative nebeliger, superlative am nebeligsten. Antonym: klar. Not a participle; regular adjective endings apply. Commonly used attributively and predicatively to describe limited visibility and damp conditions. No irregular forms.
Examples
Die Stadt wirkte nebelig und geheimnisvoll.
The city looked misty and mysterious.
Heute Morgen war es sehr nebelig.
It was very foggy this morning.
Der Pilot berichtete, dass der Flughafen nebelig gewesen war, sodass die Landung verschoben wurde.
The pilot reported that the airport had been foggy, so the landing was postponed.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture a landscape with low clouds hiding the horizon — everything looks 'nebelig'.
nebel ~ 'no-bell' — imagine the bell is muffled by fog.
Notes
Used to describe weather conditions with low visibility.