leidlich
German, adjective/ˈlaɪ̯tlɪç/
leidlich is spelled L-E-I-D-L-I-C-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leidlich is a German adjective meaning “tolerable; passable; mediocre (only just good enough; not good, but not extremely bad either)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gerade noch ausreichend, akzeptabel”.
What does leidlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
datedtolerable; passable; mediocre (only just good enough; not good, but not extremely bad either)
Er ist ein leidlicher Tennisspieler.
adverb
- 1
datedtolerably; passably; halfway; more or less
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gerade noch ausreichend, akzeptabel
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 leidlich
- leidlicher masculine nominative singular
- leidliche feminine nominative singular
- leidliches neuter nominative singular
- leidlichen genitive masculine singular
- leidlichem dative masculine singular
- der leidliche definite includes-article masculine
- die leidliche definite feminine includes-article
- das leidliche definite includes-article neuter
- die leidlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des leidlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der leidlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem leidlichen dative definite includes-article
- den leidlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce leidlich?
- /ˈlaɪ̯tlɪç/
- [ˈlaɪ̯tlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is leidlich in German?
leidlich 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).