herrlich
German, adjective/ˈhɛʁlɪç/
herrlich is spelled H-E-R-R-L-I-C-H (8 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,161st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herrlich is a German adjective meaning “fantastic; marvelous; wonderful; splendid; glorious; lovely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “besonders erfreulich, die Erwartungen übertreffend, wunderschön; so gut, schön oder auf andere Art positiv…”.
What does herrlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fantastic; marvelous; wonderful; splendid; glorious; lovely
Heute ist ein herrlicher Tag!
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. besonders erfreulich, die Erwartungen übertreffend, wunderschön; so gut, schön oder auf andere Art positiv, dass sich kaum etwas Besseres, Schöneres oder sonst Positiveres vorstellen lässt 2. sehr, überaus
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 herrlich
- herrlicher masculine nominative singular
- am herrlichsten superlative
- herrliche feminine nominative singular
- herrliches neuter nominative singular
- herrlichen genitive masculine singular
- herrlichem dative masculine singular
- der herrliche definite includes-article masculine
- die herrliche definite feminine includes-article
- das herrliche definite includes-article neuter
- die herrlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des herrlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der herrlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem herrlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herrlich?
- /ˈhɛʁlɪç/
- [ˈhɛɐ̯lɪç]
- [ˈhɛʁlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to herrlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is herrlich in German?
herrlich appears 14 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).