schwerlich
German, adverb[ˈʃveːɐ̯lɪç]
schwerlich is spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-L-I-C-H (10 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,977th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwerlich is a German adverb meaning “hardly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nur mit größerer (mentaler) Anstrengung”.
What does schwerlich mean in English?
adverb
- 1
hardly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. nur mit größerer (mentaler) Anstrengung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce schwerlich?
- [ˈʃveːɐ̯lɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schwerlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schwerlich in German?
schwerlich appears 1.4 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).