dominant
German, adjective[domiˈnant]
dominant is spelled D-O-M-I-N-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 18,198th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dominant is a German adjective meaning “dominant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich gegen andere/anderes durchsetzend”.
What does dominant mean in English?
adjective
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dominant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sich gegen andere/anderes durchsetzend 2. Biologie, Genetik: sich in der Merkmalsausprägung durchsetzend
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 dominant
- dominanter masculine nominative singular
- am dominantesten superlative
- dominante feminine nominative singular
- dominantes neuter nominative singular
- dominanten genitive masculine singular
- dominantem dative masculine singular
- der dominante definite includes-article masculine
- die dominante definite feminine includes-article
- das dominante definite includes-article neuter
- die dominanten definite includes-article nominative
- des dominanten definite genitive includes-article
- der dominanten definite feminine genitive
- dem dominanten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dominant?
- [domiˈnant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dominant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dominant in German?
dominant appears 3.0 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).