beifällig
German, adjective/ˈbaɪ̯ˌfɛlɪç/
beifällig is spelled B-E-I-F-Ä-L-L-I-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 285,944th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beifällig is a German adjective meaning “approving” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Verhalten zeigend, das Zustimmung, Anerkennung ausdrückt”.
What does beifällig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
approving
mit einem beifälligen Lächeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ein Verhalten zeigend, das Zustimmung, Anerkennung ausdrückt
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 beifällig
- beifälliger masculine nominative singular
- am beifälligsten superlative
- beifällige feminine nominative singular
- beifälliges neuter nominative singular
- beifälligen genitive masculine singular
- beifälligem dative masculine singular
- der beifällige definite includes-article masculine
- die beifällige definite feminine includes-article
- das beifällige definite includes-article neuter
- die beifälligen definite includes-article nominative
- des beifälligen definite genitive includes-article
- der beifälligen definite feminine genitive
- dem beifälligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beifällig?
- /ˈbaɪ̯ˌfɛlɪç/
- /ˈbaɪ̯ˌfɛlɪk/
- [ˈbaɪ̯ˌfɛlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is beifällig in German?
beifällig appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).