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intelligibel

German, adjective/ɪntɛliˈɡiːbl̩/

intelligibel is spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-I-B-E-L (12 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written German, the 339,062nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intelligibel is a German adjective meaning “intelligible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nur durch den Intellekt erkennbar, nicht sinnlich wahrnehmbar”.

What does intelligibel mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    intelligible

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. nur durch den Intellekt erkennbar, nicht sinnlich wahrnehmbar

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 intelligibel

  • intelligibler masculine nominative singular
  • intelligible feminine nominative singular
  • intelligibles neuter nominative singular
  • intelligiblen genitive masculine singular
  • intelligiblem dative masculine singular
  • der intelligible definite includes-article masculine
  • die intelligible definite feminine includes-article
  • das intelligible definite includes-article neuter
  • die intelligiblen definite includes-article nominative
  • des intelligiblen definite genitive includes-article
  • der intelligiblen definite feminine genitive
  • dem intelligiblen dative definite includes-article
  • den intelligiblen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce intelligibel?

  • /ɪntɛliˈɡiːbl̩/
  • [ɪntɛliˈɡiːbl̩]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is intelligibel in German?

intelligibel appears about once in every 33 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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