schicklich
German, adjective/ˈʃɪklɪç/
schicklich is spelled S-C-H-I-C-K-L-I-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 159,136th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schicklich is a German adjective meaning “appropriate, proper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Sitten, Normen, Konventionen einer Gesellschaft entsprechend”.
What does schicklich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
datedappropriate, proper
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. den Sitten, Normen, Konventionen einer Gesellschaft entsprechend 2. einem Zweck / einer Bestimmung entsprechend
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 schicklich
- schicklicher masculine nominative singular
- am schicklichsten superlative
- schickliche feminine nominative singular
- schickliches neuter nominative singular
- schicklichen genitive masculine singular
- schicklichem dative masculine singular
- der schickliche definite includes-article masculine
- die schickliche definite feminine includes-article
- das schickliche definite includes-article neuter
- die schicklichen definite includes-article nominative
- des schicklichen definite genitive includes-article
- der schicklichen definite feminine genitive
- dem schicklichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schicklich?
- /ˈʃɪklɪç/
- [ˈʃɪklɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schicklich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schicklich in German?
schicklich appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).