wahrscheinlich
German, adjective/vaː(ɐ̯)ˈʃaɪ̯nlɪç/
wahrscheinlich is spelled W-A-H-R-S-C-H-E-I-N-L-I-C-H (14 letters) and appears 132 times per million words in written German, the 668th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wahrscheinlich is a German adjective meaning “likely, probable, plausible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in relativ hohem Grad möglich, mit ziemlicher Sicherheit anzunehmen”.
What does wahrscheinlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
likely, probable, plausible
Die wahrscheinliche Ursache des Fehlers wurde heute ermittelt.
adverb
- 1
probably, likely
Wahrscheinlich regnet es heute Nachmittag.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in relativ hohem Grad möglich, mit ziemlicher Sicherheit anzunehmen
adverb: 1. mit ziemlicher Sicherheit
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 wahrscheinlich
- wahrscheinlicher masculine nominative singular
- am wahrscheinlichsten superlative
- wahrscheinliche feminine nominative singular
- wahrscheinliches neuter nominative singular
- wahrscheinlichen genitive masculine singular
- wahrscheinlichem dative masculine singular
- der wahrscheinliche definite includes-article masculine
- die wahrscheinliche definite feminine includes-article
- das wahrscheinliche definite includes-article neuter
- die wahrscheinlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des wahrscheinlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der wahrscheinlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem wahrscheinlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wahrscheinlich?
- /vaː(ɐ̯)ˈʃaɪ̯nlɪç/
- /vaˈʃaɪ̯n(l)ɪç/
- /və-/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wahrscheinlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wahrscheinlich in German?
wahrscheinlich appears 132 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).