kindlich
German, adjective/ˈkɪntlɪç/
kindlich is spelled K-I-N-D-L-I-C-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,012th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kindlich is a German adjective meaning “childlike” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einem Kind gleich oder ähnlich, im Zustand eines Kindes, zu einem Kind gehörend”.
What does kindlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
childlike
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. einem Kind gleich oder ähnlich, im Zustand eines Kindes, zu einem Kind gehörend
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 kindlich
- kindlicher masculine nominative singular
- am kindlichsten superlative
- kindliche feminine nominative singular
- kindliches neuter nominative singular
- kindlichen genitive masculine singular
- kindlichem dative masculine singular
- der kindliche definite includes-article masculine
- die kindliche definite feminine includes-article
- das kindliche definite includes-article neuter
- die kindlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des kindlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der kindlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem kindlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kindlich?
- /ˈkɪntlɪç/
- [ˈkɪntlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kindlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kindlich in German?
kindlich appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).