freundlich
German, adjective/ˈfʁɔɪ̯ntlɪç/
freundlich is spelled F-R-E-U-N-D-L-I-C-H (10 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written German, the 2,961st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Freundlich is a German adjective meaning “friendly, benign” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Begegnung mit anderen Menschen, Dingen, Ereignissen positiv eingestellt”.
What does freundlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
friendly, benign
- 2
nice, pleasant
Sie sind sehr freundlich.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in der Begegnung mit anderen Menschen, Dingen, Ereignissen positiv eingestellt 2. sonnig, angenehm warm
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 freundlich
- freundlicher masculine nominative singular
- am freundlichsten superlative
- freundliche feminine nominative singular
- freundliches neuter nominative singular
- freundlichen genitive masculine singular
- freundlichem dative masculine singular
- der freundliche definite includes-article masculine
- die freundliche definite feminine includes-article
- das freundliche definite includes-article neuter
- die freundlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des freundlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der freundlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem freundlichen dative definite includes-article
- frdl. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce freundlich?
- /ˈfʁɔɪ̯ntlɪç/
- [ˈfʁɔɪ̯ntlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to freundlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is freundlich in German?
freundlich appears 28 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).