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allmählich

German, adjective/ʔalˈmɛːlɪç/

allmählich is spelled A-L-L-M-Ä-H-L-I-C-H (10 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Allmählich is a German adjective meaning “gradual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “langsam voranschreitend, in kleinen Schritten”.

What does allmählich mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    gradual

adverb

  1. 1

    gradually, little by little

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. langsam voranschreitend, in kleinen Schritten

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 allmählich

  • allmählicher masculine nominative singular
  • allmähliche feminine nominative singular
  • allmähliches neuter nominative singular
  • allmählichen genitive masculine singular
  • allmählichem dative masculine singular
  • der allmähliche definite includes-article masculine
  • die allmähliche definite feminine includes-article
  • das allmähliche definite includes-article neuter
  • die allmählichen definite includes-article nominative
  • des allmählichen definite genitive includes-article
  • der allmählichen definite feminine genitive
  • dem allmählichen dative definite includes-article
  • den allmählichen dative definite includes-article
  • am allmählichsten superlative

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

How do you pronounce allmählich?

  • /ʔalˈmɛːlɪç/
  • /ʔalˈmeːlɪç/
  • [alˈmɛːlɪç]

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

English words that translate to allmählich

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

How common is allmählich in German?

allmählich appears 11 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).

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