entbehrlich
German, adjective/ʔɛntˈbeːɐ̯lɪç/
entbehrlich is spelled E-N-T-B-E-H-R-L-I-C-H (11 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 39,278th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entbehrlich is a German adjective meaning “dispensable, superfluous, unnecessary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht unbedingt erforderlich”.
What does entbehrlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dispensable, superfluous, unnecessary
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht unbedingt erforderlich
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 entbehrlich
- entbehrlicher masculine nominative singular
- am entbehrlichsten superlative
- entbehrliche feminine nominative singular
- entbehrliches neuter nominative singular
- entbehrlichen genitive masculine singular
- entbehrlichem dative masculine singular
- der entbehrliche definite includes-article masculine
- die entbehrliche definite feminine includes-article
- das entbehrliche definite includes-article neuter
- die entbehrlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des entbehrlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der entbehrlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem entbehrlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entbehrlich?
- /ʔɛntˈbeːɐ̯lɪç/
- [ɛntˈbeːɐ̯lɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entbehrlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entbehrlich in German?
entbehrlich appears 1.0 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).