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greifbar

German, adjective/ˈɡʁaɪ̯fˌbaːʁ/

greifbar is spelled G-R-E-I-F-B-A-R (8 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written German, the 19,537th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Greifbar is a German adjective meaning “palpable, tangible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so nahe, dass man es leicht finden kann”.

What does greifbar mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    palpable, tangible

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. so nahe, dass man es leicht finden kann 2. konkret, offensichtlich 3. greifbar nahe sein: sehr gut zu sehen sein

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 greifbar

  • greifbarer masculine nominative singular
  • am greifbarsten superlative
  • greifbare feminine nominative singular
  • greifbares neuter nominative singular
  • greifbaren genitive masculine singular
  • greifbarem dative masculine singular
  • der greifbare definite includes-article masculine
  • die greifbare definite feminine includes-article
  • das greifbare definite includes-article neuter
  • die greifbaren definite includes-article nominative
  • des greifbaren definite genitive includes-article
  • der greifbaren definite feminine genitive
  • dem greifbaren dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce greifbar?

  • /ˈɡʁaɪ̯fˌbaːʁ/
  • [ˈɡʁaɪ̯fˌbaːɐ̯]
  • [ˈɡʁaɪ̯fbaːɐ̯]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to greifbar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is greifbar in German?

greifbar appears 2.7 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).

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