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eventuell

German, adjective/e.vɛnˈtu̯ɛl/

eventuell is spelled E-V-E-N-T-U-E-L-L (9 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written German, the 2,718th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eventuell is a German adjective meaning “potential, possible, contingent, liable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unter (bestimmten, gewissen) Umständen, in bestimmten Fällen”.

What does eventuell mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    potential, possible, contingent, liable

adverb

  1. 1

    perhaps, possibly, potentially

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. unter (bestimmten, gewissen) Umständen, in bestimmten Fällen

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 eventuell

  • eventueller masculine nominative singular
  • eventuelle feminine nominative singular
  • eventuelles neuter nominative singular
  • eventuellen genitive masculine singular
  • eventuellem dative masculine singular
  • der eventuelle definite includes-article masculine
  • die eventuelle definite feminine includes-article
  • das eventuelle definite includes-article neuter
  • die eventuellen definite includes-article nominative
  • des eventuellen definite genitive includes-article
  • der eventuellen definite feminine genitive
  • dem eventuellen dative definite includes-article
  • den eventuellen dative definite includes-article
  • eventual variant
  • evtl. abbreviation
  • evtll. abbreviation rare
  • event. abbreviation
  • evt. abbreviation

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

How do you pronounce eventuell?

  • /e.vɛnˈtu̯ɛl/
  • [ʔe.(ˌ)vɛn-]
  • [ˌʔɛ.vɛn-]

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

English words that translate to eventuell

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

How common is eventuell in German?

eventuell appears 30 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).

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