bedeutsam
German, adjective/bəˈdɔɪ̯tzaːm/
bedeutsam is spelled B-E-D-E-U-T-S-A-M (9 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 20,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bedeutsam is a German adjective meaning “significant, momentous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wichtig, von Belang”.
What does bedeutsam mean in English?
adjective
- 1
significant, momentous
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. wichtig, von Belang 2. sinnträchtig, Information tragend
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 bedeutsam
- bedeutsamer masculine nominative singular
- am bedeutsamsten superlative
- bedeutsame feminine nominative singular
- bedeutsames neuter nominative singular
- bedeutsamen genitive masculine singular
- bedeutsamem dative masculine singular
- der bedeutsame definite includes-article masculine
- die bedeutsame definite feminine includes-article
- das bedeutsame definite includes-article neuter
- die bedeutsamen definite includes-article nominative
- des bedeutsamen definite genitive includes-article
- der bedeutsamen definite feminine genitive
- dem bedeutsamen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bedeutsam?
- /bəˈdɔɪ̯tzaːm/
- /bəˈdɔɪ̯tzam/
- [bəˈdɔɪ̯tzaːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bedeutsam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bedeutsam in German?
bedeutsam appears 2.6 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).