einsam
German, adjective/ˈaɪ̯nzaːm/
einsam is spelled E-I-N-S-A-M (6 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written German, the 7,460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Einsam is a German adjective meaning “lonely, lone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Gesellschaft, ohne Kontakt zu anderen Menschen oder der Umwelt”.
What does einsam mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lonely, lone
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Gesellschaft, ohne Kontakt zu anderen Menschen oder der Umwelt 2. weit entfernt von der Zivilisation, weit entfernt von menschlichen Ansiedlungen 3. ohne Menschen oder nicht von Menschen bewohnt 4. als einziges Exemplar vorhanden
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 einsam
- einsamer masculine nominative singular
- am einsamsten superlative
- einsame feminine nominative singular
- einsames neuter nominative singular
- einsamen genitive masculine singular
- einsamem dative masculine singular
- der einsame definite includes-article masculine
- die einsame definite feminine includes-article
- das einsame definite includes-article neuter
- die einsamen definite includes-article nominative
- des einsamen definite genitive includes-article
- der einsamen definite feminine genitive
- dem einsamen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce einsam?
- /ˈaɪ̯nzaːm/
- /ˈaɪ̯nzam/
- [ˈaɪ̯nzaːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to einsam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is einsam in German?
einsam appears 9.3 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).