sorry
German, interjection/ˈzɔʁi/
sorry is spelled S-O-R-R-Y (5 letters) and appears 48 times per million words in written German, the 1,771st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sorry is a German interjection meaning “sorry (expressing regret)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Entschuldigung!”.
What does sorry mean in English?
interjection
- 1
colloquialsorry (expressing regret)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Entschuldigung!
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 sorry?
- /ˈzɔʁi/
- /ˈsɔʁi/
- [ˈzɔʁi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sorry
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sorry in German?
sorry appears 48 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).