intelligent
German, adjective/ʔɪntɛliˈɡɛnt/
intelligent is spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written German, the 8,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intelligent is a German adjective meaning “intelligent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “geistig begabt, von guter Auffassungsgabe, einsichtig, klug, Beziehungen kennend”.
What does intelligent mean in English?
adjective
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intelligent
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. geistig begabt, von guter Auffassungsgabe, einsichtig, klug, Beziehungen kennend
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 intelligent
- intelligenter masculine nominative singular
- am intelligentesten superlative
- intelligente feminine nominative singular
- intelligentes neuter nominative singular
- intelligenten genitive masculine singular
- intelligentem dative masculine singular
- der intelligente definite includes-article masculine
- die intelligente definite feminine includes-article
- das intelligente definite includes-article neuter
- die intelligenten definite includes-article nominative
- des intelligenten definite genitive includes-article
- der intelligenten definite feminine genitive
- dem intelligenten dative definite includes-article
- int. abbreviation
- intell. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intelligent?
- /ʔɪntɛliˈɡɛnt/
- [ɪntɛliˈɡɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to intelligent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intelligent in German?
intelligent appears 8.1 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).