vergleichsweise
German, adverb[fɛɐ̯ˈɡlaɪ̯çsˌvaɪ̯zə]
vergleichsweise is spelled V-E-R-G-L-E-I-C-H-S-W-E-I-S-E (15 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,360th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vergleichsweise is a German adverb meaning “comparatively” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Verhältnis, im Vergleich (zu etwas oder jemand anderem)”.
What does vergleichsweise mean in English?
adverb
- 1
comparatively
- 2
relatively
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. im Verhältnis, im Vergleich (zu etwas oder jemand anderem)
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 vergleichsweise?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈɡlaɪ̯çsˌvaɪ̯zə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vergleichsweise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vergleichsweise in German?
vergleichsweise appears 14 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).