angelegentlich
German, adjective[ˈanɡəleːɡəntlɪç]
angelegentlich is spelled A-N-G-E-L-E-G-E-N-T-L-I-C-H (14 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written German, the 362,108th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Angelegentlich is a German adjective meaning “urgent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Einsatz, mit Nachdruck betrieben”.
What does angelegentlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
urgent
- 2
pressing
adverb
- 1
urgently
- 2
particularly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit Einsatz, mit Nachdruck betrieben
preposition: 1. mit Genitiv: drückt den Grund eines Geschehens aus
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 angelegentlich
- angelegentlicher masculine nominative singular
- am angelegentlichsten superlative
- angelegentliche feminine nominative singular
- angelegentliches neuter nominative singular
- angelegentlichen genitive masculine singular
- angelegentlichem dative masculine singular
- der angelegentliche definite includes-article masculine
- die angelegentliche definite feminine includes-article
- das angelegentliche definite includes-article neuter
- die angelegentlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des angelegentlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der angelegentlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem angelegentlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce angelegentlich?
- [ˈanɡəleːɡəntlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is angelegentlich in German?
angelegentlich appears about once in every 37 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).