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beharrlich

German, adjective/bəˈhaʁlɪç/

beharrlich is spelled B-E-H-A-R-R-L-I-C-H (10 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 31,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beharrlich is a German adjective meaning “persistent, insistent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Ausdauer um etwas bemüht oder an etwas festhaltend”.

What does beharrlich mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    persistent, insistent

  2. 2

    obstinate

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. mit Ausdauer um etwas bemüht oder an etwas festhaltend

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 beharrlich

  • beharrlicher masculine nominative singular
  • am beharrlichsten superlative
  • beharrliche feminine nominative singular
  • beharrliches neuter nominative singular
  • beharrlichen genitive masculine singular
  • beharrlichem dative masculine singular
  • der beharrliche definite includes-article masculine
  • die beharrliche definite feminine includes-article
  • das beharrliche definite includes-article neuter
  • die beharrlichen definite includes-article nominative
  • des beharrlichen definite genitive includes-article
  • der beharrlichen definite feminine genitive
  • dem beharrlichen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce beharrlich?

  • /bəˈhaʁlɪç/
  • [bəˈhaʁlɪç]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to beharrlich

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is beharrlich in German?

beharrlich appears 1.4 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).

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