schwesterlich
German, adjective/ˈʃvɛstɐlɪç/
schwesterlich is spelled S-C-H-W-E-S-T-E-R-L-I-C-H (13 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 208,435th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwesterlich is a German adjective meaning “sisterly, sororal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wie eine Schwester, typisch für eine Schwester, nach Art einer Schwester, einer Schwester entsprechend, eine…”.
What does schwesterlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sisterly, sororal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. wie eine Schwester, typisch für eine Schwester, nach Art einer Schwester, einer Schwester entsprechend, eine Schwester betreffend, von einer Schwester stammend 2. der Schwester gehörend
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 schwesterlich
- schwesterlicher masculine nominative singular
- am schwesterlichsten superlative
- schwesterliche feminine nominative singular
- schwesterliches neuter nominative singular
- schwesterlichen genitive masculine singular
- schwesterlichem dative masculine singular
- der schwesterliche definite includes-article masculine
- die schwesterliche definite feminine includes-article
- das schwesterliche definite includes-article neuter
- die schwesterlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des schwesterlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der schwesterlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem schwesterlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schwesterlich?
- /ˈʃvɛstɐlɪç/
- [ˈʃvɛstɐlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schwesterlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schwesterlich in German?
schwesterlich appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).