sich
German, pronoun/zɪç/
sich is spelled S-I-C-H (4 letters) and appears 6,166 times per million words in written German, the 21st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sich is a German pronoun meaning “Reciprocal pronoun of the third person plural: each other (in both dative and accusative)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular or plural: herself, himself…. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Reflexivpronomen der dritten Person Singular”.
What does sich mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular or plural: herself, himself, itself, oneself, themselves (in both dative and accusative)
- 2
Reciprocal pronoun of the third person plural: each other (in both dative and accusative)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. Reflexivpronomen der dritten Person Singular 2. Reflexivpronomen der dritten Person Plural 3. den jeweils anderen aus derselben Gruppe
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 sich?
- /zɪç/
- [zɪç]
- [sɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sich in German?
sich appears 6,166 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).