brillant
German, adjective
brillant is spelled B-R-I-L-L-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written German, the 21,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brillant is a German adjective meaning “brilliant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Brillant is a different word: “brilliant”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “wunderbar oder beeindruckend”.
What does brillant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
brilliant
noun
- 1
masculinebrilliant
noun
- 1
datedfeminineA small size of type, standardized as 3 point.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. wunderbar oder beeindruckend 2. gebündelt, mit hoher Brillanz 3. reich an Obertönen 4. rein, von hoher Sättigung
noun: 1. ein speziell geschliffener Diamant
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 brillant
- brillanter masculine nominative singular
- am brillantesten superlative
- brillante feminine nominative singular
- brillantes neuter nominative singular
- brillanten genitive masculine singular
- brillantem dative masculine singular
- der brillante definite includes-article masculine
- die brillante definite feminine includes-article
- das brillante definite includes-article neuter
- die brillanten definite includes-article nominative
- des brillanten definite genitive includes-article
- der brillanten definite feminine genitive
- dem brillanten dative definite includes-article
- Brillanten nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to brillant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brillant in German?
brillant appears 2.4 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).