erstlich
German, adverb
erstlich is spelled E-R-S-T-L-I-C-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 232,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erstlich is a German adverb meaning “first, firstly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does erstlich mean in English?
adverb
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datedfirst, firstly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce erstlich?
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is erstlich in German?
erstlich appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
erstlich0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000
rarerper million words of written Germanmore common
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).