angemessen
German, adjective/ˈanɡəˌmɛsn̩/
angemessen is spelled A-N-G-E-M-E-S-S-E-N (10 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,473rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Angemessen is a German adjective meaning “appropriate, adequate, due, suitable, proper, fitting etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of anmessen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Verhältnissen entsprechend, passend”.
What does angemessen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
appropriate, adequate, due, suitable, proper, fitting etc.
Dieses Werkzeug ist für die Aufgabe angemessen.
adverb
- 1
appropriately
angemessen reagieren.
verb
- 1
past participle of anmessen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. den Verhältnissen entsprechend, passend
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 angemessen
- angemessener masculine nominative singular
- angemessner masculine nominative singular
- am angemessensten superlative
- angemessene feminine nominative singular
- angemessne feminine nominative singular
- angemessenes neuter nominative singular
- angemessnes neuter nominative singular
- angemessenen genitive masculine singular
- angemessnen genitive masculine singular
- angemessenem dative masculine singular
- angemessnem dative masculine singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce angemessen?
- /ˈanɡəˌmɛsn̩/
- [ˈanɡəˌmɛsn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to angemessen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is angemessen in German?
angemessen appears 13 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).