Detail
German, noun/deˈtaɪ̯/
Detail is spelled D-E-T-A-I-L (6 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,505th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Detail is a German neuter noun meaning “detail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Einzelheit, Einzelnes (so wie bspw.: im Detail = im Einzelnen), Kleinigkeit; auch: charakterisierendes Element”.
What does Detail mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdetail
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Einzelheit, Einzelnes (so wie bspw.: im Detail = im Einzelnen), Kleinigkeit; auch: charakterisierendes Element
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 Detail
- Details genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Detail?
- Germany /deˈtaɪ̯/
- /deˈtaɪ̯l/
- /d̥eˈtaɛ̯l/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Detail
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Detail in German?
Detail appears 17 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).