beliebig
German, adjective/bəˈliːbɪç/
beliebig is spelled B-E-L-I-E-B-I-G (8 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written German, the 8,847th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beliebig is a German adjective meaning “any, whichever, arbitrary (selected at will among options considered equal for this purpose)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “frei aus vorhandenen Möglichkeiten auswählbar oder nach eigenem Gutdünken bei etwas vorgehend”.
What does beliebig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
any, whichever, arbitrary (selected at will among options considered equal for this purpose)
beliebig oft wiederholbar
- 2
derogatorysome, arbitrary, random (lacking distinguishing characteristics, especially positive ones)
- 3
obsoletepleasing, becoming, desirable
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. frei aus vorhandenen Möglichkeiten auswählbar oder nach eigenem Gutdünken bei etwas vorgehend
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 beliebig
- beliebiger masculine nominative singular
- beliebige feminine nominative singular
- beliebiges neuter nominative singular
- beliebigen genitive masculine singular
- beliebigem dative masculine singular
- der beliebige definite includes-article masculine
- die beliebige definite feminine includes-article
- das beliebige definite includes-article neuter
- die beliebigen definite includes-article nominative
- des beliebigen definite genitive includes-article
- der beliebigen definite feminine genitive
- dem beliebigen dative definite includes-article
- den beliebigen dative definite includes-article
- am beliebigsten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beliebig?
- /bəˈliːbɪç/
- /bəˈliːbɪk/
- [bəˈliːbɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to beliebig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beliebig in German?
beliebig appears 7.6 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).