tatsächlich
German, adjective/taːtˈzɛçlɪç/
tatsächlich is spelled T-A-T-S-Ä-C-H-L-I-C-H (11 letters) and appears 129 times per million words in written German, the 678th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tatsächlich is a German adjective meaning “actual, real, factual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(manchmal auch wider Erwarten) wahrheitsgemäß, wirklich”.
What does tatsächlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
actual, real, factual
adverb
- 1
actually, really, indeed
interjection
- 1
really?, indeed?
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. (manchmal auch wider Erwarten) wahrheitsgemäß, wirklich
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 tatsächlich
- tatsächlicher masculine nominative singular
- tatsächliche feminine nominative singular
- tatsächliches neuter nominative singular
- tatsächlichen genitive masculine singular
- tatsächlichem dative masculine singular
- der tatsächliche definite includes-article masculine
- die tatsächliche definite feminine includes-article
- das tatsächliche definite includes-article neuter
- die tatsächlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des tatsächlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der tatsächlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem tatsächlichen dative definite includes-article
- den tatsächlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tatsächlich?
- /taːtˈzɛçlɪç/
- [ˈtaːd͡zɛçlɪç]
- [ˈtaːtˌzɛçlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tatsächlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tatsächlich in German?
tatsächlich appears 129 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).