schwärzlich
German, adjective/ˈʃvɛʁt͡slɪç/
schwärzlich is spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-R-Z-L-I-C-H (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 64,132nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwärzlich is a German adjective meaning “blackish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht ganz/wirklich schwarz, ins Schwarze spielend”.
What does schwärzlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
blackish
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht ganz/wirklich schwarz, ins Schwarze spielend
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 schwärzlich
- schwärzlicher masculine nominative singular
- am schwärzlichsten superlative
- schwärzliche feminine nominative singular
- schwärzliches neuter nominative singular
- schwärzlichen genitive masculine singular
- schwärzlichem dative masculine singular
- der schwärzliche definite includes-article masculine
- die schwärzliche definite feminine includes-article
- das schwärzliche definite includes-article neuter
- die schwärzlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des schwärzlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der schwärzlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem schwärzlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schwärzlich?
- /ˈʃvɛʁt͡slɪç/
- [ˈʃvɛʁt͡slɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schwärzlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schwärzlich in German?
schwärzlich appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).