zierlich
German, adjective/ˈt͡siːrlɪç/
zierlich is spelled Z-I-E-R-L-I-C-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,795th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zierlich is a German adjective meaning “delicate; petite (of bodies or objects: gracefully thin or fragile)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “graziös, feingliedrig, zart gebaut, auf ansprechende Weise fein und klein”.
What does zierlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
delicate; petite (of bodies or objects: gracefully thin or fragile)
- 2
archaicdecorative; pleasing; pretty
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. graziös, feingliedrig, zart gebaut, auf ansprechende Weise fein und klein
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 zierlich
- zierlicher masculine nominative singular
- am zierlichsten superlative
- zierliche feminine nominative singular
- zierliches neuter nominative singular
- zierlichen genitive masculine singular
- zierlichem dative masculine singular
- der zierliche definite includes-article masculine
- die zierliche definite feminine includes-article
- das zierliche definite includes-article neuter
- die zierlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des zierlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der zierlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem zierlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zierlich?
- /ˈt͡siːrlɪç/
- [t͡si(ː)ɐ̯lɪç]
- [ˈt͡siːɐ̯lɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zierlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zierlich in German?
zierlich appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).