erbaulich
German, adjective/ɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯lɪç/
erbaulich is spelled E-R-B-A-U-L-I-C-H (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 113,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erbaulich is a German adjective meaning “edifying, uplifting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von erfreulichem Einfluss auf die Gemütslage”.
What does erbaulich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
edifying, uplifting
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von erfreulichem Einfluss auf die Gemütslage
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 erbaulich
- erbaulicher masculine nominative singular
- am erbaulichsten superlative
- erbauliche feminine nominative singular
- erbauliches neuter nominative singular
- erbaulichen genitive masculine singular
- erbaulichem dative masculine singular
- der erbauliche definite includes-article masculine
- die erbauliche definite feminine includes-article
- das erbauliche definite includes-article neuter
- die erbaulichen definite includes-article nominative
- des erbaulichen definite genitive includes-article
- der erbaulichen definite feminine genitive
- dem erbaulichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erbaulich?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯lɪç/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯lɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is erbaulich in German?
erbaulich appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).