erfreulich
German, adjective/ɛɐ̯ˈfʁɔɪ̯lɪç/
erfreulich is spelled E-R-F-R-E-U-L-I-C-H (10 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written German, the 13,580th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erfreulich is a German adjective meaning “pleasant, pleasing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Freude hervorrufend; freudig stimmend”.
What does erfreulich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pleasant, pleasing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Freude hervorrufend; freudig stimmend
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 erfreulich
- erfreulicher masculine nominative singular
- am erfreulichsten superlative
- erfreuliche feminine nominative singular
- erfreuliches neuter nominative singular
- erfreulichen genitive masculine singular
- erfreulichem dative masculine singular
- der erfreuliche definite includes-article masculine
- die erfreuliche definite feminine includes-article
- das erfreuliche definite includes-article neuter
- die erfreulichen definite includes-article nominative
- des erfreulichen definite genitive includes-article
- der erfreulichen definite feminine genitive
- dem erfreulichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erfreulich?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈfʁɔɪ̯lɪç/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈfʁɔɪ̯lɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erfreulich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erfreulich in German?
erfreulich appears 4.4 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).