jämmerlich
German, adjective[ˈjɛmɐlɪç]
jämmerlich is spelled J-Ä-M-M-E-R-L-I-C-H (10 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jämmerlich is a German adjective meaning “pitiable, miserable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr schlecht, negativ (unter variablen Gesichtspunkten) bis hin zu Mitleid erzeugend”.
What does jämmerlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pitiable, miserable
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sehr schlecht, negativ (unter variablen Gesichtspunkten) bis hin zu Mitleid erzeugend
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 jämmerlich
- jämmerlicher masculine nominative singular
- am jämmerlichsten superlative
- jämmerliche feminine nominative singular
- jämmerliches neuter nominative singular
- jämmerlichen genitive masculine singular
- jämmerlichem dative masculine singular
- der jämmerliche definite includes-article masculine
- die jämmerliche definite feminine includes-article
- das jämmerliche definite includes-article neuter
- die jämmerlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des jämmerlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der jämmerlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem jämmerlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jämmerlich?
- [ˈjɛmɐlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jämmerlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jämmerlich in German?
jämmerlich appears 1.1 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).