extrem
German, adjective
extrem is spelled E-X-T-R-E-M (6 letters) and appears 56 times per million words in written German, the 1,516th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extrem is a German adjective meaning “extreme” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Extrem is a different word: “extreme, extremity”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in irgend einem Maße nicht zu übertreffen; am weitesten von der Mitte oder dem Durchschnitt entfernt”.
What does extrem mean in English?
adjective
- 1
extreme
adverb
- 1
extremely
noun
- 1
neuterextreme, extremity
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in irgend einem Maße nicht zu übertreffen; am weitesten von der Mitte oder dem Durchschnitt entfernt 2. außerordentlich, besonders; übermäßig
noun: 1. das Äußerste, die weiteste Abweichung zum Mittel/zum Normalen
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 extrem
- extremer masculine nominative singular
- am extremsten colloquial superlative
- extreme feminine nominative singular
- extremes neuter nominative singular
- extremen genitive masculine singular
- extremem dative masculine singular
- der extreme definite includes-article masculine
- die extreme definite feminine includes-article
- das extreme definite includes-article neuter
- die extremen definite includes-article nominative
- des extremen definite genitive includes-article
- der extremen definite feminine genitive
- dem extremen dative definite includes-article
- Extreme nominative plural
- Extrems genitive singular
- Extremen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to extrem
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is extrem in German?
extrem appears 56 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).