geheim
German, adjective/ɡəˈhaɪ̯m/
geheim is spelled G-E-H-E-I-M (6 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written German, the 8,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geheim is a German adjective meaning “secret, clandestine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht für jedermann erkennbar”.
What does geheim mean in English?
adjective
- 1
secret, clandestine
- 2
obsoletefamiliar, dear
- 3
obsoletehomely, cozy
- 4
obsoletetame, domesticated
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht für jedermann erkennbar
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 geheim
- geheimer masculine nominative singular
- am geheimsten superlative
- geheime feminine nominative singular
- geheimes neuter nominative singular
- geheimen genitive masculine singular
- geheimem dative masculine singular
- der geheime definite includes-article masculine
- die geheime definite feminine includes-article
- das geheime definite includes-article neuter
- die geheimen definite includes-article nominative
- des geheimen definite genitive includes-article
- der geheimen definite feminine genitive
- dem geheimen dative definite includes-article
- geh. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce geheim?
- /ɡəˈhaɪ̯m/
- [ɡəˈhaɪ̯m]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to geheim
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is geheim in German?
geheim appears 8.1 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).