bedauerlich
German, adjective/bəˈdaʊ̯ɐlɪç/
bedauerlich is spelled B-E-D-A-U-E-R-L-I-C-H (11 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 19,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bedauerlich is a German adjective meaning “regrettable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu bedauern; in einer Weise, dass man wünscht, es wäre nicht so”.
What does bedauerlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
regrettable
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zu bedauern; in einer Weise, dass man wünscht, es wäre nicht so
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 bedauerlich
- bedauerlicher masculine nominative singular
- am bedauerlichsten superlative
- bedauerliche feminine nominative singular
- bedauerliches neuter nominative singular
- bedauerlichen genitive masculine singular
- bedauerlichem dative masculine singular
- der bedauerliche definite includes-article masculine
- die bedauerliche definite feminine includes-article
- das bedauerliche definite includes-article neuter
- die bedauerlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des bedauerlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der bedauerlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem bedauerlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bedauerlich?
- /bəˈdaʊ̯ɐlɪç/
- [bəˈdaʊ̯ɐlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bedauerlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bedauerlich in German?
bedauerlich appears 2.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).