jovial
German, adjective/joˈviaːl/
jovial is spelled J-O-V-I-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 132,783rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jovial is a German adjective meaning “jovial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Umgang mit anderen Personen freundlich und entgegenkommend, dies aber auf eine betonte Art, die gönnerhaft…”.
What does jovial mean in English?
adjective
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jovial
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. im Umgang mit anderen Personen freundlich und entgegenkommend, dies aber auf eine betonte Art, die gönnerhaft oder herablassend wirken kann
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 jovial
- jovialer masculine nominative singular
- am jovialsten superlative
- joviale feminine nominative singular
- joviales neuter nominative singular
- jovialen genitive masculine singular
- jovialem dative masculine singular
- der joviale definite includes-article masculine
- die joviale definite feminine includes-article
- das joviale definite includes-article neuter
- die jovialen definite includes-article nominative
- des jovialen definite genitive includes-article
- der jovialen definite feminine genitive
- dem jovialen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jovial?
- /joˈviaːl/
- [joˈvi̯aːl]
- [ʒoˈvi̯aːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jovial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jovial in German?
jovial appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).