erfreulicherweise
German, adverb/ɛɐ̯ˈfʁɔɪ̯lɪçɐˌvaɪ̯zə/
erfreulicherweise is spelled E-R-F-R-E-U-L-I-C-H-E-R-W-E-I-S-E (17 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 37,432nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erfreulicherweise is a German adverb meaning “happily” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zur Freude des Sprechers”.
What does erfreulicherweise mean in English?
adverb
- 1
happily
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. zur Freude des Sprechers
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce erfreulicherweise?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈfʁɔɪ̯lɪçɐˌvaɪ̯zə/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈfʁɔɪ̯lɪçɐˌvaɪ̯zə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is erfreulicherweise in German?
erfreulicherweise appears 1.1 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).