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einzeln

German, adjective[ˈaɪ̯nt͡səln]

einzeln is spelled E-I-N-Z-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 4,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Einzeln is a German adjective meaning “single; lone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “alleine seiend; nur eins von mehreren”.

What does einzeln mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    single; lone

  2. 2

    only, unique

  3. 3

    separate; discrete

  4. 4

    individual

    Ein Wald ist mehr als nur eine Menge einzelner Bäume.

  5. 5

    sporadic; occasional

adverb

  1. 1

    singly

  2. 2

    individually; one by one

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. alleine seiend; nur eins von mehreren 2. in einer Abfolge immer nur jeweils eins verwenden und dann zum nächsten übergehen 3. den einen oder den anderen betreffend, wenige individuell verschiedene

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 einzeln

  • einzelner masculine nominative singular
  • einzelne feminine nominative singular
  • einzelnes neuter nominative singular
  • einzelnen genitive masculine singular
  • einzelnem dative masculine singular
  • der einzelne definite includes-article masculine
  • die einzelne definite feminine includes-article
  • das einzelne definite includes-article neuter
  • die einzelnen definite includes-article nominative
  • des einzelnen definite genitive includes-article
  • der einzelnen definite feminine genitive
  • dem einzelnen dative definite includes-article
  • den einzelnen dative definite includes-article
  • einzel variant

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce einzeln?

  • [ˈaɪ̯nt͡səln]
  • [ˈaɪ̯nt͡sl̩n]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to einzeln

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is einzeln in German?

einzeln appears 15 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).

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