befremdlich
German, adjective/bəˈfʁɛmtlɪç/
befremdlich is spelled B-E-F-R-E-M-D-L-I-C-H (11 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,978th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Befremdlich is a German adjective meaning “strange, surprising, disconcerting, disturbing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unangenehme Verwunderung hervorrufend”.
What does befremdlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
strange, surprising, disconcerting, disturbing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. unangenehme Verwunderung hervorrufend
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 befremdlich
- befremdlicher masculine nominative singular
- am befremdlichsten superlative
- befremdliche feminine nominative singular
- befremdliches neuter nominative singular
- befremdlichen genitive masculine singular
- befremdlichem dative masculine singular
- der befremdliche definite includes-article masculine
- die befremdliche definite feminine includes-article
- das befremdliche definite includes-article neuter
- die befremdlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des befremdlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der befremdlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem befremdlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce befremdlich?
- /bəˈfʁɛmtlɪç/
- [bəˈfʁɛmtlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to befremdlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is befremdlich in German?
befremdlich appears 1.5 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).