Innovation
German, noun[ɪnovaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Innovation is spelled I-N-N-O-V-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written German, the 7,170th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Innovation is a German feminine noun meaning “innovation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Einführung von etwas Neuem vor allem in Gesellschaft, Politik, Technik oder Wirtschaft, von dem man sich…”.
What does Innovation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinnovation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Einführung von etwas Neuem vor allem in Gesellschaft, Politik, Technik oder Wirtschaft, von dem man sich wesentliche Verbesserungen verspricht
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 Innovation
- Innovationen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Innovation?
- [ɪnovaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Innovation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Innovation in German?
Innovation appears 9.8 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).