elementar
German, adjective/e.le.mɛnˈtaːr/
elementar is spelled E-L-E-M-E-N-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elementar is a German adjective meaning “fundamental; essential; vital” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “grundlegend, wesentlich”.
What does elementar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fundamental; essential; vital
- 2
basic; elementary
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. grundlegend, wesentlich 2. anfängerhaft, den Anfang bildend, darstellend, einfach 3. rein, als reines Element vorliegend 4. von naturhafter Gewalt; heftig
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 elementar
- elementarer masculine nominative singular
- am elementarsten superlative
- elementare feminine nominative singular
- elementares neuter nominative singular
- elementaren genitive masculine singular
- elementarem dative masculine singular
- der elementare definite includes-article masculine
- die elementare definite feminine includes-article
- das elementare definite includes-article neuter
- die elementaren definite includes-article nominative
- des elementaren definite genitive includes-article
- der elementaren definite feminine genitive
- dem elementaren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce elementar?
- /e.le.mɛnˈtaːr/
- [ʔe-]
- [ˌʔɛ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to elementar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is elementar in German?
elementar appears 1.2 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).