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tödlich

German, adjective/ˈtøːtlɪç/

tödlich is a German adjective meaning “deadly, mortal, lethal, fatal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zum Tod führend; den Tod zur Folge habend”.

What does tödlich mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    deadly, mortal, lethal, fatal

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. zum Tod führend; den Tod zur Folge habend 2. ausgeprägt; heftig 3. sehr; in heftiger Weise

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 tödlich

  • tödlicher masculine nominative singular
  • am tödlichsten superlative
  • tödliche feminine nominative singular
  • tödliches neuter nominative singular
  • tödlichen genitive masculine singular
  • tödlichem dative masculine singular
  • der tödliche definite includes-article masculine
  • die tödliche definite feminine includes-article
  • das tödliche definite includes-article neuter
  • die tödlichen definite includes-article nominative
  • des tödlichen definite genitive includes-article
  • der tödlichen definite feminine genitive
  • dem tödlichen dative definite includes-article
  • tödtlich obsolete

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tödlich?

  • /ˈtøːtlɪç/
  • [ˈtøːtlɪç]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to tödlich

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is tödlich in German?

tödlich appears 10 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).