desgleichen
German, pronoun[dɛsˈɡlaɪ̯çn̩]
desgleichen is spelled D-E-S-G-L-E-I-C-H-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desgleichen is a German pronoun meaning “dated form of dergleichen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does desgleichen mean in English?
adverb
- 1
likewise
pronoun
- 1
dateddated form of dergleichen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. ebenso, ebenfalls
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 desgleichen
- desgl. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desgleichen?
- [dɛsˈɡlaɪ̯çn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desgleichen in German?
desgleichen 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).