elterlich
German, adjective[ˈɛltɐlɪç]
elterlich is spelled E-L-T-E-R-L-I-C-H (9 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written German, the 543,077th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elterlich is a German adjective meaning “parental” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Eltern gehörend, die Eltern betreffend, von den Eltern kommend oder ausgehend”.
What does elterlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
parental
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. den Eltern gehörend, die Eltern betreffend, von den Eltern kommend oder ausgehend
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 elterlich
- elterlicher masculine nominative singular
- elterliche feminine nominative singular
- elterliches neuter nominative singular
- elterlichen genitive masculine singular
- elterlichem dative masculine singular
- der elterliche definite includes-article masculine
- die elterliche definite feminine includes-article
- das elterliche definite includes-article neuter
- die elterlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des elterlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der elterlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem elterlichen dative definite includes-article
- den elterlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce elterlich?
- [ˈɛltɐlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to elterlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is elterlich in German?
elterlich appears about once in every 76 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).