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legendär

German, adjective/leɡɛnˈdɛːɐ̯/

legendär is a German adjective meaning “legendary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Art einer Legende”.

What does legendär mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    legendary

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. in der Art einer Legende 2. großartig, erstaunlich 3. sich zu einer Legende entwickelnd

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 legendär

  • legendärer masculine nominative singular
  • am legendärsten superlative
  • legendäre feminine nominative singular
  • legendäres neuter nominative singular
  • legendären genitive masculine singular
  • legendärem dative masculine singular
  • der legendäre definite includes-article masculine
  • die legendäre definite feminine includes-article
  • das legendäre definite includes-article neuter
  • die legendären definite includes-article nominative
  • des legendären definite genitive includes-article
  • der legendären definite feminine genitive
  • dem legendären dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce legendär?

  • /leɡɛnˈdɛːɐ̯/
  • /leɡɛnˈdeːɐ̯/
  • [leɡɛnˈdɛːɐ̯]

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

English words that translate to legendär

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

How common is legendär in German?

legendär appears 2.2 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).