invalid
German, adjective[ɪnvaˈliːt]
invalid is spelled I-N-V-A-L-I-D (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 127,251st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Invalid is a German adjective meaning “invalid ((permanently) incapable of working, serving in the military etc. due to disability and/or illness)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dauerhaft arbeitsunfähig (wegen starker körperlicher oder geistiger Schädigung)”.
What does invalid mean in English?
adjective
- 1
invalid ((permanently) incapable of working, serving in the military etc. due to disability and/or illness)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. dauerhaft arbeitsunfähig (wegen starker körperlicher oder geistiger Schädigung)
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 invalid
- invalider masculine nominative singular
- invalide feminine nominative singular
- invalides neuter nominative singular
- invaliden genitive masculine singular
- invalidem dative masculine singular
- der invalide definite includes-article masculine
- die invalide definite feminine includes-article
- das invalide definite includes-article neuter
- die invaliden definite includes-article nominative
- des invaliden definite genitive includes-article
- der invaliden definite feminine genitive
- dem invaliden dative definite includes-article
- den invaliden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce invalid?
- [ɪnvaˈliːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is invalid in German?
invalid appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).