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erträglich

German, adjective/ɛɐ̯ˈtʁɛːklɪç/

erträglich is spelled E-R-T-R-Ä-G-L-I-C-H (10 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,661st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erträglich is a German adjective meaning “bearable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dergestalt, dass es ausgehalten werden kann”.

What does erträglich mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    bearable

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. dergestalt, dass es ausgehalten werden kann 2. mittelmäßige Qualität aufweisend

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 erträglich

  • erträglicher masculine nominative singular
  • erträgliche feminine nominative singular
  • erträgliches neuter nominative singular
  • erträglichen genitive masculine singular
  • erträglichem dative masculine singular
  • der erträgliche definite includes-article masculine
  • die erträgliche definite feminine includes-article
  • das erträgliche definite includes-article neuter
  • die erträglichen definite includes-article nominative
  • des erträglichen definite genitive includes-article
  • der erträglichen definite feminine genitive
  • dem erträglichen dative definite includes-article
  • den erträglichen dative definite includes-article
  • am erträglichsten superlative

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce erträglich?

  • /ɛɐ̯ˈtʁɛːklɪç/
  • /ɛɐ̯ˈtʁeːklɪç/
  • [ɛɐ̯ˈtʁɛːklɪç]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to erträglich

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is erträglich in German?

erträglich appears 2.2 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).

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