verlässlich
German, adjective[fɛɐ̯ˈlɛslɪç]
verlässlich is spelled V-E-R-L-Ä-S-S-L-I-C-H (11 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 19,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verlässlich is a German adjective meaning “reliable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass man sich darauf verlassen kann”.
What does verlässlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
reliable
adverb
- 1
reliably
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so, dass man sich darauf verlassen kann
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 verlässlich
- verlässlicher masculine nominative singular
- am verlässlichsten superlative
- verlässliche feminine nominative singular
- verlässliches neuter nominative singular
- verlässlichen genitive masculine singular
- verlässlichem dative masculine singular
- der verlässliche definite includes-article masculine
- die verlässliche definite feminine includes-article
- das verlässliche definite includes-article neuter
- die verlässlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des verlässlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der verlässlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem verlässlichen dative definite includes-article
- verläßlich obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verlässlich?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈlɛslɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verlässlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verlässlich in German?
verlässlich appears 2.8 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).