sehnlich
German, adjective/ˈzeːnlɪç/
sehnlich is spelled S-E-H-N-L-I-C-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 150,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sehnlich is a German adjective meaning “eager, ardent, fervent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “voller Sehnsucht verlangend”.
What does sehnlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
eager, ardent, fervent
- 2
devout
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. voller Sehnsucht verlangend
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 sehnlich
- sehnlicher masculine nominative singular
- am sehnlichsten superlative
- sehnliche feminine nominative singular
- sehnliches neuter nominative singular
- sehnlichen genitive masculine singular
- sehnlichem dative masculine singular
- der sehnliche definite includes-article masculine
- die sehnliche definite feminine includes-article
- das sehnliche definite includes-article neuter
- die sehnlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des sehnlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der sehnlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem sehnlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sehnlich?
- /ˈzeːnlɪç/
- [ˈzeːnlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sehnlich in German?
sehnlich appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).