divers
German, adjective/diˈvɛʁs/
divers is spelled D-I-V-E-R-S (6 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Divers is a German adjective meaning “different, various, miscellaneous (a certain number of different items)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mehrere, unterschiedliche, zur Auswahl stehende”.
What does divers mean in English?
adjective
- 1
different, various, miscellaneous (a certain number of different items)
- 2
diverse, varying (showing great variety)
- 3
diverse (of a society or group: showing variety in terms of ethnicity, language, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, etc.)
- 4
non-binary, intersex (belonging to any category of gender that is neither male nor female)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mehrere, unterschiedliche, zur Auswahl stehende 2. vielfältig (in der Ausprägung), verschiedenartig bis hin zu unvereinbar 3. weder dem weiblichen noch dem männlichen Geschlecht eindeutig zugehörig, mit uneindeutigem Geschlecht, diversgeschlechtlich, nichtbinär, intergeschlechtlich
prefix: 1. sich auf die Geschlechtskategorie „divers“ beziehend, dieser Geschlechtskategorie angehörend
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 divers
- diverser masculine nominative singular
- am diversesten superlative
- diverse feminine nominative singular
- diverses neuter nominative singular
- diversen genitive masculine singular
- diversem dative masculine singular
- der diverse definite includes-article masculine
- die diverse definite feminine includes-article
- das diverse definite includes-article neuter
- die diversen definite includes-article nominative
- des diversen definite genitive includes-article
- der diversen definite feminine genitive
- dem diversen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce divers?
- /diˈvɛʁs/
- [diˈvɛʁs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to divers
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is divers in German?
divers appears 1.2 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).