denkbar
German, adjective[ˈdɛŋkbaːɐ̯]
denkbar is spelled D-E-N-K-B-A-R (7 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,473rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Denkbar is a German adjective meaning “cogitable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vorstellbar, in Gedanken möglich”.
What does denkbar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cogitable
- 2
imaginable
- 3
thinkable
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. vorstellbar, in Gedanken möglich
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 denkbar
- denkbarer masculine nominative singular
- am denkbarsten superlative
- denkbare feminine nominative singular
- denkbares neuter nominative singular
- denkbaren genitive masculine singular
- denkbarem dative masculine singular
- der denkbare definite includes-article masculine
- die denkbare definite feminine includes-article
- das denkbare definite includes-article neuter
- die denkbaren definite includes-article nominative
- des denkbaren definite genitive includes-article
- der denkbaren definite feminine genitive
- dem denkbaren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce denkbar?
- [ˈdɛŋkbaːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to denkbar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is denkbar in German?
denkbar 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).