komplementär
German, adjective/ˌkɔmplemɛnˈtɛːɐ̯/
komplementär is spelled K-O-M-P-L-E-M-E-N-T-Ä-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Komplementär is a German adjective meaning “complementary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden oder etwas ergänzend”.
What does komplementär mean in English?
adjective
- 1
complementary
- 2
supplementary
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. persönlich haftender Gesellschafter einer Kommanditgesellschaft (KG) 2. Eigentümer einer privaten Firma, die mit Staatsbeteiligung arbeitete
adjective: 1. jemanden oder etwas ergänzend
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 komplementär
- komplementärer masculine nominative singular
- komplementäre feminine nominative singular
- komplementäres neuter nominative singular
- komplementären genitive masculine singular
- komplementärem dative masculine singular
- der komplementäre definite includes-article masculine
- die komplementäre definite feminine includes-article
- das komplementäre definite includes-article neuter
- die komplementären definite includes-article nominative
- des komplementären definite genitive includes-article
- der komplementären definite feminine genitive
- dem komplementären dative definite includes-article
- den komplementären dative definite includes-article
- Komplementärin feminine
- Komplementäre nominative plural
- Komplementärs genitive singular
- Komplementären dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce komplementär?
- /ˌkɔmplemɛnˈtɛːɐ̯/
- /-ˈteːɐ̯/
- [kɔmplemɛnˈtɛːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to komplementär
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is komplementär in German?
komplementär appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).