begehrlich
German, adjective/bəˈɡeːɐ̯lɪç/
begehrlich is spelled B-E-G-E-H-R-L-I-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written German, the 301,457th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Begehrlich is a German adjective meaning “covetous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach Besitz, Genuss, Freude verlangend, begehrend”.
What does begehrlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
covetous
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nach Besitz, Genuss, Freude verlangend, begehrend
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 begehrlich
- begehrlicher masculine nominative singular
- am begehrlichsten superlative
- begehrliche feminine nominative singular
- begehrliches neuter nominative singular
- begehrlichen genitive masculine singular
- begehrlichem dative masculine singular
- der begehrliche definite includes-article masculine
- die begehrliche definite feminine includes-article
- das begehrliche definite includes-article neuter
- die begehrlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des begehrlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der begehrlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem begehrlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce begehrlich?
- /bəˈɡeːɐ̯lɪç/
- [bəˈɡeːɐ̯lɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is begehrlich in German?
begehrlich appears about once in every 27 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).