enthaltsam
German, adjective/ɛntˈhaltzaːm/
enthaltsam is spelled E-N-T-H-A-L-T-S-A-M (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enthaltsam is a German adjective meaning “abstinent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf etwas verzichtend, mäßig oder ablehnend genießend”.
What does enthaltsam mean in English?
adjective
- 1
abstinent
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf etwas verzichtend, mäßig oder ablehnend genießend
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 enthaltsam
- enthaltsamer masculine nominative singular
- am enthaltsamsten superlative
- enthaltsame feminine nominative singular
- enthaltsames neuter nominative singular
- enthaltsamen genitive masculine singular
- enthaltsamem dative masculine singular
- der enthaltsame definite includes-article masculine
- die enthaltsame definite feminine includes-article
- das enthaltsame definite includes-article neuter
- die enthaltsamen definite includes-article nominative
- des enthaltsamen definite genitive includes-article
- der enthaltsamen definite feminine genitive
- dem enthaltsamen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enthaltsam?
- /ɛntˈhaltzaːm/
- /ɛntˈhaltzam/
- [ɛntˈhaltzaːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enthaltsam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enthaltsam in German?
enthaltsam appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).