sachlich
German, adjective
sachlich is spelled S-A-C-H-L-I-C-H (8 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written German, the 8,191st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sachlich is a German adjective meaning “objective, factual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, sächlich is a different word: “neuter”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf eine bestimmte Sache bezogen, sich nicht von Gefühlen oder Vorurteilen leiten lassend”.
What does sachlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
objective, factual
adverb
- 1
objectively, factually
adjective
- 1
neuterneuter
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zum grammatikalischen Geschlecht Neutrum gehörig
adjective: 1. auf eine bestimmte Sache bezogen, sich nicht von Gefühlen oder Vorurteilen leiten lassend 2. eine Tatsache oder Angelegenheit betreffend 3. ohne überflüssige Verzierungen
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 sachlich
- sächlicher masculine nominative singular
- sächliche feminine nominative singular
- sächliches neuter nominative singular
- sächlichen genitive masculine singular
- sächlichem dative masculine singular
- der sächliche definite includes-article masculine
- die sächliche definite feminine includes-article
- das sächliche definite includes-article neuter
- die sächlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des sächlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der sächlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem sächlichen dative definite includes-article
- den sächlichen dative definite includes-article
- s. abbreviation
- sächl. abbreviation
- sachlicher comparative
- am sachlichsten superlative
- sachliche positive nominative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sachlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sachlich in German?
sachlich appears 8.3 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).