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irrational

German, adjective/ˈɪʁat͡si̯onaːl/

irrational is spelled I-R-R-A-T-I-O-N-A-L (10 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Irrational is a German adjective meaning “irrational” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Vernunft”.

What does irrational mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    irrational

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. ohne Vernunft 2. nicht nachvollziehbar, nicht durch Überlegungen zu begreifen 3. in keinem Verhältnis, nicht als Bruch darstellbar

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 irrational

  • irrationaler masculine nominative singular
  • am irrationalsten superlative
  • irrationale feminine nominative singular
  • irrationales neuter nominative singular
  • irrationalen genitive masculine singular
  • irrationalem dative masculine singular
  • der irrationale definite includes-article masculine
  • die irrationale definite feminine includes-article
  • das irrationale definite includes-article neuter
  • die irrationalen definite includes-article nominative
  • des irrationalen definite genitive includes-article
  • der irrationalen definite feminine genitive
  • dem irrationalen dative definite includes-article
  • irrationell variant

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

How do you pronounce irrational?

  • /ˈɪʁat͡si̯onaːl/
  • /ɪʁat͡si̯oˈnaːl/
  • [ˈɪʁat͡si̯onaːl]

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

English words that translate to irrational

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is irrational in German?

irrational appears 1.1 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).

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