lediglich
German, adverb/ˈleːdɪklɪç/
lediglich is spelled L-E-D-I-G-L-I-C-H (9 letters) and appears 91 times per million words in written German, the 960th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lediglich is a German adverb meaning “merely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weiter nichts, nur”.
What does lediglich mean in English?
adverb
- 1
merely
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. weiter nichts, nur
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce lediglich?
- /ˈleːdɪklɪç/
- [ˈleːdɪklɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lediglich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lediglich in German?
lediglich appears 91 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).