Dilemma
German, noun/ˌdiˈlɛma/
Dilemma is spelled D-I-L-E-M-M-A (7 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written German, the 11,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dilemma is a German neuter noun meaning “dilemma, predicament, quandary, conundrum, pickle, catch-22 (a situation with two (or more) alternatives to choose from, and where all…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Situation, die zwei Wahlmöglichkeiten bietet, die beide zu einem (in gleicher oder ähnlicher Weise)…”.
What does Dilemma mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdilemma, predicament, quandary, conundrum, pickle, catch-22 (a situation with two (or more) alternatives to choose from, and where all alternatives are unsatisfactory or undesirable)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Situation, die zwei Wahlmöglichkeiten bietet, die beide zu einem (in gleicher oder ähnlicher Weise) unerwünschten Ergebnis führen
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 Dilemma
- Dilemmas genitive
- Dilemmata plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dilemma?
- /ˌdiˈlɛma/
- [ˌdiˈlɛma]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dilemma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dilemma in German?
Dilemma appears 5.6 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).