einmalig
German, adjective/ˈaɪ̯nˌmaːlɪç/
einmalig is spelled E-I-N-M-A-L-I-G (8 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written German, the 10,637th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Einmalig is a German adjective meaning “non-recurring, one-time, oncely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass es nur einmal vorkommt oder stattfindet”.
What does einmalig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
non-recurring, one-time, oncely
einmalige Gebühr.
- 2
singular, unique
- 3
unheard-of
- 4
second to none, unexcelled
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so, dass es nur einmal vorkommt oder stattfindet 2. von besonders guter Qualität; in solch einer Güte kaum noch einmal vorkommend
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 einmalig
- einmaliger masculine nominative singular
- einmalige feminine nominative singular
- einmaliges neuter nominative singular
- einmaligen genitive masculine singular
- einmaligem dative masculine singular
- der einmalige definite includes-article masculine
- die einmalige definite feminine includes-article
- das einmalige definite includes-article neuter
- die einmaligen definite includes-article nominative
- des einmaligen definite genitive includes-article
- der einmaligen definite feminine genitive
- dem einmaligen dative definite includes-article
- den einmaligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce einmalig?
- /ˈaɪ̯nˌmaːlɪç/
- /ˈaɪ̯nˌmaːlɪk/
- [ˈaɪ̯nˌmaːlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to einmalig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is einmalig in German?
einmalig appears 6.0 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).