öffentlich
German, adjective/ˈœfəntlɪç/
öffentlich is a German adjective meaning “public” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass es jeder benutzen darf”.
What does öffentlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
public
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so, dass es jeder benutzen darf 2. vor den Augen aller
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 öffentlich
- öffentlicher masculine nominative singular
- am öffentlichsten superlative
- öffentliche feminine nominative singular
- öffentliches neuter nominative singular
- öffentlichen genitive masculine singular
- öffentlichem dative masculine singular
- der öffentliche definite includes-article masculine
- die öffentliche definite feminine includes-article
- das öffentliche definite includes-article neuter
- die öffentlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des öffentlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der öffentlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem öffentlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce öffentlich?
- /ˈœfəntlɪç/
- [ˈœfn̩tlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to öffentlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is öffentlich in German?
öffentlich appears 52 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).