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enzyklopädisch

German, adjective[ɛnt͡sʏkloˈpɛːdɪʃ]

enzyklopädisch is spelled E-N-Z-Y-K-L-O-P-Ä-D-I-S-C-H (14 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 285,944th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enzyklopädisch is a German adjective meaning “encyclopedic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach Art einer Enzyklopädie angelegt”.

What does enzyklopädisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    encyclopedic

  2. 2

    striving for completeness

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. nach Art einer Enzyklopädie angelegt 2. Vollständigkeit anstrebend

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 enzyklopädisch

  • enzyklopädischer masculine nominative singular
  • am enzyklopädischsten superlative
  • enzyklopädische feminine nominative singular
  • enzyklopädisches neuter nominative singular
  • enzyklopädischen genitive masculine singular
  • enzyklopädischem dative masculine singular
  • der enzyklopädische definite includes-article masculine
  • die enzyklopädische definite feminine includes-article
  • das enzyklopädische definite includes-article neuter
  • die enzyklopädischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des enzyklopädischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der enzyklopädischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem enzyklopädischen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce enzyklopädisch?

  • [ɛnt͡sʏkloˈpɛːdɪʃ]

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

English words that translate to enzyklopädisch

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

How common is enzyklopädisch in German?

enzyklopädisch appears about once in every 25 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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