komplex
German, adjective
komplex is spelled K-O-M-P-L-E-X (7 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,473rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Komplex is a German adjective meaning “complex, sophisticated, involved” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Komplex is a different word: “complex”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “verflochten, zusammenhängend, umfassend, vielschichtig”.
What does komplex mean in English?
adjective
- 1
complex, sophisticated, involved
noun
- 1
masculinecomplex
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. verflochten, zusammenhängend, umfassend, vielschichtig 2. den komplexe Zahlen zugehörig
noun: 1. Menge von Einzelheiten, die miteinander verbunden sind und zusammen das Ganze ausmachen 2. zusammenhängende Gruppe, insbesondere von Gebäuden 3. ins Unterbewusstsein verdrängte Gruppe von Vorstellungen oder nicht verarbeiteten Erlebnissen, die zu dauernder Beunruhigung führen 4. eine bestimmte chemische Verbindung
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 komplex
- komplexer masculine nominative singular
- am komplexesten superlative
- komplexe feminine nominative singular
- komplexes neuter nominative singular
- komplexen genitive masculine singular
- komplexem dative masculine singular
- der komplexe definite includes-article masculine
- die komplexe definite feminine includes-article
- das komplexe definite includes-article neuter
- die komplexen definite includes-article nominative
- des komplexen definite genitive includes-article
- der komplexen definite feminine genitive
- dem komplexen dative definite includes-article
- Komplexe nominative plural
- Komplexes genitive singular
- Komplexen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to komplex
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is komplex in German?
komplex appears 13 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).