initial
German, adjective/iniˈt͡sɪ̯aːl/
initial is spelled I-N-I-T-I-A-L (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Initial is a German adjective meaning “initial, incipient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “anfänglich, beginnend”.
What does initial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
initial, incipient
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. anfänglich, beginnend
noun: 1. (schön verzierter) Anfangsbuchstabe
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 initial
- initialer masculine nominative singular
- initiale feminine nominative singular
- initiales neuter nominative singular
- initialen genitive masculine singular
- initialem dative masculine singular
- der initiale definite includes-article masculine
- die initiale definite feminine includes-article
- das initiale definite includes-article neuter
- die initialen definite includes-article nominative
- des initialen definite genitive includes-article
- der initialen definite feminine genitive
- dem initialen dative definite includes-article
- den initialen dative definite includes-article
- Initiale variant
- Initials genitive singular
- Initialen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce initial?
- /iniˈt͡sɪ̯aːl/
- [iniˈt͡si̯aːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to initial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is initial in German?
initial appears 1.1 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).