zuverlässig
German, adjective/ˈt͡suːfɛɐ̯ˌlɛsɪç/
zuverlässig is spelled Z-U-V-E-R-L-Ä-S-S-I-G (11 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written German, the 8,191st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zuverlässig is a German adjective meaning “reliable, dependable, trustworthy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass man darauf oder ihm vertrauen kann”.
What does zuverlässig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
reliable, dependable, trustworthy
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adverb
- 1
steadily, staunchly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so, dass man darauf oder ihm vertrauen kann
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 zuverlässig
- zuverlässiger masculine nominative singular
- am zuverlässigsten superlative
- zuverlässige feminine nominative singular
- zuverlässiges neuter nominative singular
- zuverlässigen genitive masculine singular
- zuverlässigem dative masculine singular
- der zuverlässige definite includes-article masculine
- die zuverlässige definite feminine includes-article
- das zuverlässige definite includes-article neuter
- die zuverlässigen definite includes-article nominative
- des zuverlässigen definite genitive includes-article
- der zuverlässigen definite feminine genitive
- dem zuverlässigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zuverlässig?
- /ˈt͡suːfɛɐ̯ˌlɛsɪç/
- /-ˌlɛsɪk/
- [ˈt͡suːfɛɐ̯ˌlɛsɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zuverlässig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zuverlässig in German?
zuverlässig appears 8.3 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).