schwächlich
[ˈʃvɛçlɪç]
The verdict
“schwächlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - physisch und/oder gesundheitlich schwach
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwachlich · schwächlich · German
schwächlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schwächlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃvɛçlɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schwächlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schwächlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃvɛçlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
schwächlich doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is schwächlich, spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-C-H-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1physisch und/oder gesundheitlich schwach
- 2einen schwachen Charakter besitzend
- 3einen dürftigen Inhalt besitzend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how schwächlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der jüngere Bruder, Alexander, war wortkarg und schwächlich, man mußte ihn zu allem ermutigen, seine Noten waren mittelmäßig.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.