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wortwörtlich

German, adjective[ˈvɔʁtˈvœʁtlɪç]

wortwörtlich is spelled W-O-R-T-W-Ö-R-T-L-I-C-H (12 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,467th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wortwörtlich is a German adjective meaning “word-for-word” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ganz genau dem Wortlaut entsprechend, Wort für Wort übereinstimmend”.

What does wortwörtlich mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    word-for-word

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. ganz genau dem Wortlaut entsprechend, Wort für Wort übereinstimmend

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 wortwörtlich

  • wortwörtlicher masculine nominative singular
  • wortwörtliche feminine nominative singular
  • wortwörtliches neuter nominative singular
  • wortwörtlichen genitive masculine singular
  • wortwörtlichem dative masculine singular
  • der wortwörtliche definite includes-article masculine
  • die wortwörtliche definite feminine includes-article
  • das wortwörtliche definite includes-article neuter
  • die wortwörtlichen definite includes-article nominative
  • des wortwörtlichen definite genitive includes-article
  • der wortwörtlichen definite feminine genitive
  • dem wortwörtlichen dative definite includes-article
  • den wortwörtlichen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce wortwörtlich?

  • [ˈvɔʁtˈvœʁtlɪç]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to wortwörtlich

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is wortwörtlich in German?

wortwörtlich appears 2.1 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).

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