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äquivalent

German, adjective

äquivalent is spelled Ä-Q-U-I-V-A-L-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written German, the 17,543rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Äquivalent is a German adjective meaning “equivalent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Äquivalent is a different word: “equivalent”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “gleichwertig, entsprechend”.

What does äquivalent mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    equivalent

noun

as Äquivalent
  1. 1

    neuterequivalent

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. gleichwertig, entsprechend

noun: 1. etwas, was als gleichwertiger Ersatz angesehen werden kann

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 äquivalent

  • äquivalenter masculine nominative singular
  • äquivalente feminine nominative singular
  • äquivalentes neuter nominative singular
  • äquivalenten genitive masculine singular
  • äquivalentem dative masculine singular
  • der äquivalente definite includes-article masculine
  • die äquivalente definite feminine includes-article
  • das äquivalente definite includes-article neuter
  • die äquivalenten definite includes-article nominative
  • des äquivalenten definite genitive includes-article
  • der äquivalenten definite feminine genitive
  • dem äquivalenten dative definite includes-article
  • den äquivalenten dative definite includes-article
  • äq. abbreviation
  • äquiv. abbreviation
  • Äquivalente nominative plural
  • Äquivalents genitive singular
  • Äquivalentes genitive singular

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

English words that translate to äquivalent

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

How common is äquivalent in German?

äquivalent appears 3.1 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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