einstweilig
German, adjective/ˈaɪ̯nstvaɪ̯lɪç/
einstweilig is spelled E-I-N-S-T-W-E-I-L-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 235,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Einstweilig is a German adjective meaning “temporary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bis zu einer neuen Entscheidung gültig”.
What does einstweilig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
temporary
- 2
provisional, interim
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. bis zu einer neuen Entscheidung gültig
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 einstweilig
- einstweiliger masculine nominative singular
- einstweilige feminine nominative singular
- einstweiliges neuter nominative singular
- einstweiligen genitive masculine singular
- einstweiligem dative masculine singular
- der einstweilige definite includes-article masculine
- die einstweilige definite feminine includes-article
- das einstweilige definite includes-article neuter
- die einstweiligen definite includes-article nominative
- des einstweiligen definite genitive includes-article
- der einstweiligen definite feminine genitive
- dem einstweiligen dative definite includes-article
- den einstweiligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce einstweilig?
- /ˈaɪ̯nstvaɪ̯lɪç/
- [ˈaɪ̯nstvaɪ̯lɪç]
- [ˈaɪ̯nstvaɪ̯lɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is einstweilig in German?
einstweilig appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).