erblich
German, adjective/ˈɛʁp.lɪç/
erblich is spelled E-R-B-L-I-C-H (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,097th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erblich is a German adjective meaning “hereditary, heritable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular preterite of erbleichen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “genetisch von Eltern auf Nachkommen übertragbar”.
What does erblich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hereditary, heritable
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of erbleichen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. genetisch von Eltern auf Nachkommen übertragbar 2. namensrechtlich von Eltern auf Nachkommen übertragbar
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 erblich
- erblicher masculine nominative singular
- erbliche feminine nominative singular
- erbliches neuter nominative singular
- erblichen genitive masculine singular
- erblichem dative masculine singular
- der erbliche definite includes-article masculine
- die erbliche definite feminine includes-article
- das erbliche definite includes-article neuter
- die erblichen definite includes-article nominative
- des erblichen definite genitive includes-article
- der erblichen definite feminine genitive
- dem erblichen dative definite includes-article
- den erblichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erblich?
- /ˈɛʁp.lɪç/
- /ɛʁˈblɪç/
- [ˈɛʁplɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erblich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erblich in German?
erblich appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).