vorbildlich
German, adjective/ˈfoːɐ̯ˌbɪltlɪç/
vorbildlich is spelled V-O-R-B-I-L-D-L-I-C-H (11 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written German, the 13,799th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorbildlich is a German adjective meaning “exemplary, commendable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “anderen als Vorbild, Muster zur Nachahmung dienen könnend”.
What does vorbildlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
exemplary, commendable
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. anderen als Vorbild, Muster zur Nachahmung dienen könnend
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 vorbildlich
- vorbildlicher masculine nominative singular
- am vorbildlichsten superlative
- vorbildliche feminine nominative singular
- vorbildliches neuter nominative singular
- vorbildlichen genitive masculine singular
- vorbildlichem dative masculine singular
- der vorbildliche definite includes-article masculine
- die vorbildliche definite feminine includes-article
- das vorbildliche definite includes-article neuter
- die vorbildlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des vorbildlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der vorbildlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem vorbildlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vorbildlich?
- /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌbɪltlɪç/
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌbɪltlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vorbildlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vorbildlich in German?
vorbildlich appears 4.3 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).