fundamental
German, adjective/fʊndamɛnˈtaːl/
fundamental is spelled F-U-N-D-A-M-E-N-T-A-L (11 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 26,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fundamental is a German adjective meaning “fundamental” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “grundlegend; die Grundlage, das Fundament betreffend”.
What does fundamental mean in English?
adjective
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fundamental
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. grundlegend; die Grundlage, das Fundament betreffend
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 fundamental
- fundamentaler masculine nominative singular
- am fundamentalsten superlative
- fundamentale feminine nominative singular
- fundamentales neuter nominative singular
- fundamentalen genitive masculine singular
- fundamentalem dative masculine singular
- der fundamentale definite includes-article masculine
- die fundamentale definite feminine includes-article
- das fundamentale definite includes-article neuter
- die fundamentalen definite includes-article nominative
- des fundamentalen definite genitive includes-article
- der fundamentalen definite feminine genitive
- dem fundamentalen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fundamental?
- /fʊndamɛnˈtaːl/
- [fʊndamɛnˈtaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fundamental
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fundamental in German?
fundamental appears 1.8 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).