impertinent
German, adjective[ɪmpɛʁtiˈnɛnt]
impertinent is spelled I-M-P-E-R-T-I-N-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 251,029th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impertinent is a German adjective meaning “insolent, ill-mannered” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aufdringlich, dummdreist, unverschämt, vorlaut”.
What does impertinent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
insolent, ill-mannered
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aufdringlich, dummdreist, unverschämt, vorlaut
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 impertinent
- impertinenter masculine nominative singular
- am impertinentesten superlative
- impertinente feminine nominative singular
- impertinentes neuter nominative singular
- impertinenten genitive masculine singular
- impertinentem dative masculine singular
- der impertinente definite includes-article masculine
- die impertinente definite feminine includes-article
- das impertinente definite includes-article neuter
- die impertinenten definite includes-article nominative
- des impertinenten definite genitive includes-article
- der impertinenten definite feminine genitive
- dem impertinenten dative definite includes-article
- imp. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impertinent?
- [ɪmpɛʁtiˈnɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to impertinent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impertinent in German?
impertinent appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).