ehrlich
German, adjective/ˈeːrlɪç/
ehrlich is spelled E-H-R-L-I-C-H (7 letters) and appears 79 times per million words in written German, the 1,082nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ehrlich is a German adjective meaning “decent, honorable, honest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Wahrheit und Wirklichkeit entsprechend, nicht gelogen oder vorgetäuscht; wahr”.
What does ehrlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dateddecent, honorable, honest
Er hat sich sein Vermögen mit ehrlicher Arbeit verdient.
- 2
honest, truthful, true
eine ehrliche Antwort
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. der Wahrheit und Wirklichkeit entsprechend, nicht gelogen oder vorgetäuscht; wahr 2. anständig und fair, nie lügend; redlich
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 ehrlich
- ehrlicher masculine nominative singular
- am ehrlichsten superlative
- ehrliche feminine nominative singular
- ehrliches neuter nominative singular
- ehrlichen genitive masculine singular
- ehrlichem dative masculine singular
- der ehrliche definite includes-article masculine
- die ehrliche definite feminine includes-article
- das ehrliche definite includes-article neuter
- die ehrlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des ehrlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der ehrlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem ehrlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ehrlich?
- /ˈeːrlɪç/
- [ˈʔeːɐ̯.lɪç]
- [ˈʔɛɐ̯.lɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ehrlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ehrlich in German?
ehrlich appears 79 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).