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geschlechtlich

German, adjective/ɡəˈʃlɛçtlɪç/

geschlechtlich is spelled G-E-S-C-H-L-E-C-H-T-L-I-C-H (14 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 123,622nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geschlechtlich is a German adjective meaning “sexual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Geschlecht eines Lebewesens betreffend”.

What does geschlechtlich mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    sexual

    geschlechtliche Liebe (=intercourse)

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. das Geschlecht eines Lebewesens betreffend 2. die Gesamtheit des Bereichs Liebe und Sexualität betreffend

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 geschlechtlich

  • geschlechtlicher masculine nominative singular
  • geschlechtliche feminine nominative singular
  • geschlechtliches neuter nominative singular
  • geschlechtlichen genitive masculine singular
  • geschlechtlichem dative masculine singular
  • der geschlechtliche definite includes-article masculine
  • die geschlechtliche definite feminine includes-article
  • das geschlechtliche definite includes-article neuter
  • die geschlechtlichen definite includes-article nominative
  • des geschlechtlichen definite genitive includes-article
  • der geschlechtlichen definite feminine genitive
  • dem geschlechtlichen dative definite includes-article
  • den geschlechtlichen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce geschlechtlich?

  • /ɡəˈʃlɛçtlɪç/
  • [ɡəˈʃlɛçtlɪç]

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

How common is geschlechtlich in German?

geschlechtlich appears about once in every 6 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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