frivol
German, adjective/fʁiˈvoːl/
frivol is spelled F-R-I-V-O-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frivol is a German adjective meaning “saucy; sleazy; ribald (sexual in a frivolous way)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “frech, schamlos”.
What does frivol mean in English?
adjective
- 1
saucy; sleazy; ribald (sexual in a frivolous way)
- 2
archaicfrivolous; characterised by levity
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. frech, schamlos 2. leichtfertig
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 frivol
- frivoler masculine nominative singular
- am frivolsten superlative
- frivole feminine nominative singular
- frivoles neuter nominative singular
- frivolen genitive masculine singular
- frivolem dative masculine singular
- der frivole definite includes-article masculine
- die frivole definite feminine includes-article
- das frivole definite includes-article neuter
- die frivolen definite includes-article nominative
- des frivolen definite genitive includes-article
- der frivolen definite feminine genitive
- dem frivolen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frivol?
- /fʁiˈvoːl/
- [fʁiˈvoːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to frivol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frivol in German?
frivol appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).