barmherzig
German, adjective/baʁmˈhɛʁt͡sɪç/
barmherzig is spelled B-A-R-M-H-E-R-Z-I-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barmherzig is a German adjective meaning “merciful, compassionate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mitgefühl für die Notleidenden, Benachteiligten zeigend”.
What does barmherzig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
merciful, compassionate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Mitgefühl für die Notleidenden, Benachteiligten zeigend
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 barmherzig
- barmherziger masculine nominative singular
- am barmherzigsten superlative
- barmherzige feminine nominative singular
- barmherziges neuter nominative singular
- barmherzigen genitive masculine singular
- barmherzigem dative masculine singular
- der barmherzige definite includes-article masculine
- die barmherzige definite feminine includes-article
- das barmherzige definite includes-article neuter
- die barmherzigen definite includes-article nominative
- des barmherzigen definite genitive includes-article
- der barmherzigen definite feminine genitive
- dem barmherzigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barmherzig?
- /baʁmˈhɛʁt͡sɪç/
- /-ˈhɛʁt͡sɪk/
- [baʁmˈhɛʁt͡sɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barmherzig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barmherzig in German?
barmherzig appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).