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turbulent

German, adjective/tʊʁbuˈlɛnt/

turbulent is a German adjective meaning “turbulent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “voller Unruhe durch sich schnell ablösende Aktivitäten und Aktionen”.

What does turbulent mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    turbulent

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. voller Unruhe durch sich schnell ablösende Aktivitäten und Aktionen 2. gekennzeichnet durch das Auftreten von Wirbeln, ungeordneten Strömungen und Turbulenzen

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 turbulent

  • turbulenter masculine nominative singular
  • am turbulentesten superlative
  • turbulente feminine nominative singular
  • turbulentes neuter nominative singular
  • turbulenten genitive masculine singular
  • turbulentem dative masculine singular
  • der turbulente definite includes-article masculine
  • die turbulente definite feminine includes-article
  • das turbulente definite includes-article neuter
  • die turbulenten definite includes-article nominative
  • des turbulenten definite genitive includes-article
  • der turbulenten definite feminine genitive
  • dem turbulenten dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce turbulent?

  • /tʊʁbuˈlɛnt/
  • [tʊʁbuˈlɛnt]

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

How common is turbulent in German?

turbulent 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).