zögerlich
German, adjective[ˈt͡søːɡɐlɪç]
zögerlich is spelled Z-Ö-G-E-R-L-I-C-H (9 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 31,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zögerlich is a German adjective meaning “hesitant (tending to hesitate)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unter (nach dem Geschmack des Sprechers / Autors zu langem) Zögern”.
What does zögerlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hesitant (tending to hesitate)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. unter (nach dem Geschmack des Sprechers / Autors zu langem) Zögern
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 zögerlich
- zögerlicher masculine nominative singular
- am zögerlichsten superlative
- zögerliche feminine nominative singular
- zögerliches neuter nominative singular
- zögerlichen genitive masculine singular
- zögerlichem dative masculine singular
- der zögerliche definite includes-article masculine
- die zögerliche definite feminine includes-article
- das zögerliche definite includes-article neuter
- die zögerlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des zögerlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der zögerlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem zögerlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zögerlich?
- [ˈt͡søːɡɐlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zögerlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zögerlich in German?
zögerlich appears 1.4 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).