global
German, adjective/ɡloˈbaːl/
global is spelled G-L-O-B-A-L (6 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 5,079th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Global is a German adjective meaning “global (worldwide)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die ganze Erde umspannend, weltweit”.
What does global mean in English?
adjective
- 1
global (worldwide)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. die ganze Erde umspannend, weltweit 2. allgemein, umfassend, pauschal 3. alle Staaten betreffend 4. allen Komponenten eines Moduls oder Programms zugänglich
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 global
- globaler masculine nominative singular
- globale feminine nominative singular
- globales neuter nominative singular
- globalen genitive masculine singular
- globalem dative masculine singular
- der globale definite includes-article masculine
- die globale definite feminine includes-article
- das globale definite includes-article neuter
- die globalen definite includes-article nominative
- des globalen definite genitive includes-article
- der globalen definite feminine genitive
- dem globalen dative definite includes-article
- den globalen dative definite includes-article
- am globalsten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce global?
- /ɡloˈbaːl/
- [ɡloˈbaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to global
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is global in German?
global appears 15 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).