vielerlei
German, adjective/ˈfiː.lɐ.laɪ̯/
vielerlei is spelled V-I-E-L-E-R-L-E-I (9 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written German, the 14,778th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vielerlei is a German adjective meaning “in great number and of many types” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does vielerlei mean in English?
adjective
- 1
in great number and of many types
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. von mehrerer unterscheidender Art und in großer Anzahl
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 vielerlei?
- /ˈfiː.lɐ.laɪ̯/
- [ˈfiːlɐlaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vielerlei in German?
vielerlei appears 3.9 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).