lässlich
German, adjective/ˈlɛslɪç/
lässlich is spelled L-Ä-S-S-L-I-C-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written German, the 535,730th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lässlich is a German adjective meaning “venial, pardonable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “leicht zu verzeihen”.
What does lässlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
venial, pardonable
- 2
insignificant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. leicht zu verzeihen 2. wenig bedeutsam
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 lässlich
- lässlicher masculine nominative singular
- am lässlichsten superlative
- lässliche feminine nominative singular
- lässliches neuter nominative singular
- lässlichen genitive masculine singular
- lässlichem dative masculine singular
- der lässliche definite includes-article masculine
- die lässliche definite feminine includes-article
- das lässliche definite includes-article neuter
- die lässlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des lässlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der lässlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem lässlichen dative definite includes-article
- läßlich obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lässlich?
- /ˈlɛslɪç/
- [ˈlɛslɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lässlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lässlich in German?
lässlich appears about once in every 74 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).