sprichwörtlich
German, adjective[ˈʃpʁɪçˌvœʁtlɪç]
sprichwörtlich is spelled S-P-R-I-C-H-W-Ö-R-T-L-I-C-H (14 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sprichwörtlich is a German adjective meaning “proverbial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einer feststehenden Floskel verwendet”.
What does sprichwörtlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
proverbial
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in einer feststehenden Floskel verwendet 2. als geradezu typisch angesehen
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 sprichwörtlich
- sprichwörtlicher masculine nominative singular
- sprichwörtliche feminine nominative singular
- sprichwörtliches neuter nominative singular
- sprichwörtlichen genitive masculine singular
- sprichwörtlichem dative masculine singular
- der sprichwörtliche definite includes-article masculine
- die sprichwörtliche definite feminine includes-article
- das sprichwörtliche definite includes-article neuter
- die sprichwörtlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des sprichwörtlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der sprichwörtlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem sprichwörtlichen dative definite includes-article
- den sprichwörtlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sprichwörtlich?
- [ˈʃpʁɪçˌvœʁtlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sprichwörtlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sprichwörtlich in German?
sprichwörtlich 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).