gentil
German, adjective[ʒɛnˈtiːl]
gentil is spelled G-E-N-T-I-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 170,338th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gentil is a German adjective meaning “nice, amiable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nett, liebenswürdig”.
What does gentil mean in English?
adjective
- 1
nice, amiable
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nett, liebenswürdig
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 gentil
- gentiler masculine nominative singular
- am gentilsten superlative
- gentile feminine nominative singular
- gentiles neuter nominative singular
- gentilen genitive masculine singular
- gentilem dative masculine singular
- der gentile definite includes-article masculine
- die gentile definite feminine includes-article
- das gentile definite includes-article neuter
- die gentilen definite includes-article nominative
- des gentilen definite genitive includes-article
- der gentilen definite feminine genitive
- dem gentilen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gentil?
- [ʒɛnˈtiːl]
- [ʒãnˈtiːl]
- [ʒɑ̃nˈtiːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gentil in German?
gentil appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).