schwächlich
German, adjective/ˈʃvɛçlɪç/
schwächlich is spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-C-H-L-I-C-H (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwächlich is a German adjective meaning “frail, sickly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “physisch und/oder gesundheitlich schwach”.
What does schwächlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
frail, sickly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. physisch und/oder gesundheitlich schwach 2. einen schwachen Charakter besitzend 3. einen dürftigen Inhalt besitzend
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 schwächlich
- schwächlicher masculine nominative singular
- am schwächlichsten superlative
- schwächliche feminine nominative singular
- schwächliches neuter nominative singular
- schwächlichen genitive masculine singular
- schwächlichem dative masculine singular
- der schwächliche definite includes-article masculine
- die schwächliche definite feminine includes-article
- das schwächliche definite includes-article neuter
- die schwächlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des schwächlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der schwächlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem schwächlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schwächlich?
- /ˈʃvɛçlɪç/
- [ˈʃvɛçlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schwächlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schwächlich in German?
schwächlich appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).