imposant
German, adjective[ɪmpoˈzant]
imposant is spelled I-M-P-O-S-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imposant is a German adjective meaning “impressive, imposing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch seine Abmessungen einen starken Eindruck, Respekt oder Bewunderung bei jemandem hinterlassend”.
What does imposant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
impressive, imposing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. durch seine Abmessungen einen starken Eindruck, Respekt oder Bewunderung bei jemandem hinterlassend
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 imposant
- imposanter masculine nominative singular
- am imposantesten superlative
- imposante feminine nominative singular
- imposantes neuter nominative singular
- imposanten genitive masculine singular
- imposantem dative masculine singular
- der imposante definite includes-article masculine
- die imposante definite feminine includes-article
- das imposante definite includes-article neuter
- die imposanten definite includes-article nominative
- des imposanten definite genitive includes-article
- der imposanten definite feminine genitive
- dem imposanten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imposant?
- [ɪmpoˈzant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to imposant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is imposant in German?
imposant appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).