kompetent
German, adjective[kɔmpəˈtɛnt]
kompetent is spelled K-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written German, the 12,471st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kompetent is a German adjective meaning “competent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “fähig, über das nötige Wissen, Können verfügend”.
What does kompetent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
competent
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. fähig, über das nötige Wissen, Können verfügend 2. zuständig, befugt
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 kompetent
- kompetenter masculine nominative singular
- am kompetentesten superlative
- kompetente feminine nominative singular
- kompetentes neuter nominative singular
- kompetenten genitive masculine singular
- kompetentem dative masculine singular
- der kompetente definite includes-article masculine
- die kompetente definite feminine includes-article
- das kompetente definite includes-article neuter
- die kompetenten definite includes-article nominative
- des kompetenten definite genitive includes-article
- der kompetenten definite feminine genitive
- dem kompetenten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kompetent?
- [kɔmpəˈtɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kompetent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kompetent in German?
kompetent appears 4.9 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).