entscheidend
German, adjective/ʔɛntˈʃaɪ̯dn̩t/
entscheidend is spelled E-N-T-S-C-H-E-I-D-E-N-D (12 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written German, the 3,812th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entscheidend is a German adjective meaning “decisive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of entscheiden. The German Wiktionary defines it as “folgende Entwicklungen grundlegend bestimmend”.
What does entscheidend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
decisive
- 2
crucial
verb
- 1
present participle of entscheiden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. folgende Entwicklungen grundlegend bestimmend 2. sehr wichtig, bedeutsam
verb: 1. Partizip Präsens des Verbs entscheiden
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 entscheidend
- entscheidender masculine nominative singular
- am entscheidendsten superlative
- entscheidende feminine nominative singular
- entscheidendes neuter nominative singular
- entscheidenden genitive masculine singular
- entscheidendem dative masculine singular
- der entscheidende definite includes-article masculine
- die entscheidende definite feminine includes-article
- das entscheidende definite includes-article neuter
- die entscheidenden definite includes-article nominative
- des entscheidenden definite genitive includes-article
- der entscheidenden definite feminine genitive
- dem entscheidenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entscheidend?
- /ʔɛntˈʃaɪ̯dn̩t/
- /ʔɛntˈʃaɪ̯dənt/
- [ɛntˈʃaɪ̯dn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entscheidend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entscheidend in German?
entscheidend appears 21 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).