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elitär

German, adjective/ˌeliˈtɛːɐ̯/

elitär is spelled E-L-I-T-Ä-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,036th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elitär is a German adjective meaning “elite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einer Elite angehörend”.

What does elitär mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    elite

  2. 2

    elitist

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. einer Elite angehörend 2. aufgrund der Zugehörigkeit zu einer Elite sich selbst heraushebend

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 elitär

  • elitärer masculine nominative singular
  • am elitärsten superlative
  • elitäre feminine nominative singular
  • elitäres neuter nominative singular
  • elitären genitive masculine singular
  • elitärem dative masculine singular
  • der elitäre definite includes-article masculine
  • die elitäre definite feminine includes-article
  • das elitäre definite includes-article neuter
  • die elitären definite includes-article nominative
  • des elitären definite genitive includes-article
  • der elitären definite feminine genitive
  • dem elitären dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce elitär?

  • /ˌeliˈtɛːɐ̯/
  • /ˌeliˈteːɐ̯/
  • [ˌeliˈtɛːɐ̯]

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

English words that translate to elitär

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

How common is elitär in German?

elitär appears about once in every 2 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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