erfolgreich
German, adjective[ɛɐ̯ˈfɔlkʁaɪ̯ç]
erfolgreich is spelled E-R-F-O-L-G-R-E-I-C-H (11 letters) and appears 74 times per million words in written German, the 1,164th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erfolgreich is a German adjective meaning “successful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “reich an Erfolgen”.
What does erfolgreich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
successful
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. reich an Erfolgen
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 erfolgreich
- erfolgreicher masculine nominative singular
- am erfolgreichsten superlative
- erfolgreiche feminine nominative singular
- erfolgreiches neuter nominative singular
- erfolgreichen genitive masculine singular
- erfolgreichem dative masculine singular
- der erfolgreiche definite includes-article masculine
- die erfolgreiche definite feminine includes-article
- das erfolgreiche definite includes-article neuter
- die erfolgreichen definite includes-article nominative
- des erfolgreichen definite genitive includes-article
- der erfolgreichen definite feminine genitive
- dem erfolgreichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erfolgreich?
- [ɛɐ̯ˈfɔlkʁaɪ̯ç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erfolgreich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erfolgreich in German?
erfolgreich appears 74 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).