interessant
German, adjective/ˌɪn.tə.ʁɛˈsant/
interessant is spelled I-N-T-E-R-E-S-S-A-N-T (11 letters) and appears 63 times per million words in written German, the 1,357th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interessant is a German adjective meaning “interesting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Interesse beanspruchend/weckend”.
What does interessant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
interesting
adverb
- 1
interestingly
Verbringen Sie Ihre Freizeit interessant?
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Interesse beanspruchend/weckend 2. einen Erfolg oder Vorteil versprechend
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 interessant
- interessanter masculine nominative singular
- am interessantesten superlative
- interessante feminine nominative singular
- interessantes neuter nominative singular
- interessanten genitive masculine singular
- interessantem dative masculine singular
- der interessante definite includes-article masculine
- die interessante definite feminine includes-article
- das interessante definite includes-article neuter
- die interessanten definite includes-article nominative
- des interessanten definite genitive includes-article
- der interessanten definite feminine genitive
- dem interessanten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce interessant?
- /ˌɪn.tə.ʁɛˈsant/
- /ˌɪn.tʁəˈsant/
- [ɪntəʁɛˈsant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to interessant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is interessant in German?
interessant appears 63 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).