bitterlich
German, adjective[ˈbɪtɐlɪç]
bitterlich is spelled B-I-T-T-E-R-L-I-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bitterlich is a German adjective meaning “slightly bitter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “leicht bitter schmeckend”.
What does bitterlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
slightly bitter
- 2
bitter
adverb
- 1
bitterly
- 2
terribly, extremely
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. leicht bitter schmeckend 2. leicht bitter empfindend 3. sehr heftig
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 bitterlich
- bitterlicher masculine nominative singular
- am bitterlichsten superlative
- bitterliche feminine nominative singular
- bitterliches neuter nominative singular
- bitterlichen genitive masculine singular
- bitterlichem dative masculine singular
- der bitterliche definite includes-article masculine
- die bitterliche definite feminine includes-article
- das bitterliche definite includes-article neuter
- die bitterlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des bitterlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der bitterlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem bitterlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bitterlich?
- [ˈbɪtɐlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bitterlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bitterlich in German?
bitterlich appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).