ärmlich
German, adjective[ˈɛʁmˌlɪç]
ärmlich is spelled Ä-R-M-L-I-C-H (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ärmlich is a German adjective meaning “poor, meager, humble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(materiell) arm, ohne Besitz”.
What does ärmlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
poor, meager, humble
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. (materiell) arm, ohne Besitz 2. mangelhaft, unzureichend, gering
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ärmlich
- ärmlicher masculine nominative singular
- am ärmlichsten superlative
- ärmliche feminine nominative singular
- ärmliches neuter nominative singular
- ärmlichen genitive masculine singular
- ärmlichem dative masculine singular
- der ärmliche definite includes-article masculine
- die ärmliche definite feminine includes-article
- das ärmliche definite includes-article neuter
- die ärmlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des ärmlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der ärmlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem ärmlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ärmlich?
- [ˈɛʁmˌlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ärmlich in German?
ärmlich appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).