gebrechlich
German, adjective/ɡəˈbʁɛçlɪç/
gebrechlich is spelled G-E-B-R-E-C-H-L-I-C-H (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 86,281st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gebrechlich is a German adjective meaning “rickety, infirm, fragile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “körperlich beeinträchtigt”.
What does gebrechlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rickety, infirm, fragile
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. körperlich beeinträchtigt
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 gebrechlich
- gebrechlicher masculine nominative singular
- am gebrechlichsten superlative
- gebrechliche feminine nominative singular
- gebrechliches neuter nominative singular
- gebrechlichen genitive masculine singular
- gebrechlichem dative masculine singular
- der gebrechliche definite includes-article masculine
- die gebrechliche definite feminine includes-article
- das gebrechliche definite includes-article neuter
- die gebrechlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des gebrechlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der gebrechlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem gebrechlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gebrechlich?
- /ɡəˈbʁɛçlɪç/
- [ɡəˈbʁɛçlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gebrechlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gebrechlich in German?
gebrechlich appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).