wohlweislich
German, adverb/voːlˈvaɪ̯slɪç/
wohlweislich is spelled W-O-H-L-W-E-I-S-L-I-C-H (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 116,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wohlweislich is a German adverb meaning “wisely, with good reason (deliberately, through application of one's sound judgment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “alles bedenkend, aus nachvollziehbaren Gründen”.
What does wohlweislich mean in English?
adverb
- 1
wisely, with good reason (deliberately, through application of one's sound judgment)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. alles bedenkend, aus nachvollziehbaren Gründen
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 wohlweislich?
- /voːlˈvaɪ̯slɪç/
- /ˈvoːlvaɪ̯slɪç/
- [ˌvoːlˈvaɪ̯slɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is wohlweislich in German?
wohlweislich appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).