essenziell
German, adjective[ˌɛsɛnˈt͡si̯ɛl]
essenziell is spelled E-S-S-E-N-Z-I-E-L-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,795th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Essenziell is a German adjective meaning “essential” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wesentlich, zum Wesen (einer Sache) gehörig”.
What does essenziell mean in English?
adjective
- 1
essential
adverb
- 1
essentially
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. wesentlich, zum Wesen (einer Sache) gehörig 2. lebensnotwendig 3. wesensmäßig, (von Geburt an) zum Wesen (eines/des Menschen) gehörig 4. alleinstehend vorhanden seiend, nicht auf eine Krankheit verweisend
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 essenziell
- essenzieller masculine nominative singular
- am essenziellsten superlative
- essenzielle feminine nominative singular
- essenzielles neuter nominative singular
- essenziellen genitive masculine singular
- essenziellem dative masculine singular
- der essenzielle definite includes-article masculine
- die essenzielle definite feminine includes-article
- das essenzielle definite includes-article neuter
- die essenziellen definite includes-article nominative
- des essenziellen definite genitive includes-article
- der essenziellen definite feminine genitive
- dem essenziellen dative definite includes-article
- essentiell alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce essenziell?
- [ˌɛsɛnˈt͡si̯ɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to essenziell
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is essenziell in German?
essenziell appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).