schmerzlich
German, adjective[ˈʃmɛʁt͡slɪç]
schmerzlich is spelled S-C-H-M-E-R-Z-L-I-C-H (11 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmerzlich is a German adjective meaning “painful, cruel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass es seelisch oder psychisch schmerzt”.
What does schmerzlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
painful, cruel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so, dass es seelisch oder psychisch schmerzt
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 schmerzlich
- schmerzlicher masculine nominative singular
- am schmerzlichsten superlative
- schmerzliche feminine nominative singular
- schmerzliches neuter nominative singular
- schmerzlichen genitive masculine singular
- schmerzlichem dative masculine singular
- der schmerzliche definite includes-article masculine
- die schmerzliche definite feminine includes-article
- das schmerzliche definite includes-article neuter
- die schmerzlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des schmerzlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der schmerzlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem schmerzlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schmerzlich?
- [ˈʃmɛʁt͡slɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schmerzlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schmerzlich in German?
schmerzlich appears 2.1 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).