liederlich
German, adjective/ˈliːdɐlɪç/
liederlich is spelled L-I-E-D-E-R-L-I-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 200,239th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Liederlich is a German adjective meaning “slovenly, wanton, dissolute, lax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unordentlich; unfähig, Ordnung zu halten”.
What does liederlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
slovenly, wanton, dissolute, lax
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. unordentlich; unfähig, Ordnung zu halten 2. moralisch nicht einwandfrei, von lockeren Sitten
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 liederlich
- liederlicher masculine nominative singular
- am liederlichsten superlative
- liederliche feminine nominative singular
- liederliches neuter nominative singular
- liederlichen genitive masculine singular
- liederlichem dative masculine singular
- der liederliche definite includes-article masculine
- die liederliche definite feminine includes-article
- das liederliche definite includes-article neuter
- die liederlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des liederlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der liederlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem liederlichen dative definite includes-article
- lüderlich variant archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce liederlich?
- /ˈliːdɐlɪç/
- [ˈliːdɐlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is liederlich in German?
liederlich appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).