klar
German, adjective
klar is spelled K-L-A-R (4 letters) and appears 363 times per million words in written German, the 258th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klar is a German adjective meaning “clear; transparent; bright” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, klär is a different word: “singular imperative of klären”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “frei von Unreinheiten oder generell Störendem”.
What does klar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
clear; transparent; bright
- 2
clear; unambiguous; understood
War meine Frage nicht klar genug?
adverb
- 1
colloquialobviously, surely
interjection
- 1
okay!; sure!; all right!; spontaneous agreement to a proposition
- Kann ich mir kurz dein Handy ausleiehen? - Klar, gerne.
- 2
sure!, of course!; strong agreement to a statement
- 3
yeah, right!; sarcastic expression of disbelief
verb
- 1
singular imperative of klären
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. frei von Unreinheiten oder generell Störendem 2. leicht nachzuvollziehen 3. für etwas vorbereitet, bereit
adverb: 1. eine Aussage bestätigend, eine Frage bejahend; gewiss, selbstverständlich
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 klar
- klarer masculine nominative singular
- am klarsten superlative
- klare feminine nominative singular
- klares neuter nominative singular
- klaren genitive masculine singular
- klarem dative masculine singular
- der klare definite includes-article masculine
- die klare definite feminine includes-article
- das klare definite includes-article neuter
- die klaren definite includes-article nominative
- des klaren definite genitive includes-article
- der klaren definite feminine genitive
- dem klaren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to klar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is klar in German?
klar appears 363 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).