kongenial
German, adjective/kɔnɡeˈni̯aːl/
kongenial is spelled K-O-N-G-E-N-I-A-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 132,783rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kongenial is a German adjective meaning “equally brilliant; on the same mental or intellectual level” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dem geistigen Niveau einer Person oder eines Werkes entsprechend”.
What does kongenial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
equally brilliant; on the same mental or intellectual level
Er war ein kongenialer Partner seines hervorragenden Chefs.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. dem geistigen Niveau einer Person oder eines Werkes entsprechend 2. mit der Haltung der Person oder dem Gedanken des Werks übereinstimmend oder angemessen 3. überaus geistreich, elativische Steigerung von genial
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 kongenial
- kongenialer masculine nominative singular
- kongeniale feminine nominative singular
- kongeniales neuter nominative singular
- kongenialen genitive masculine singular
- kongenialem dative masculine singular
- der kongeniale definite includes-article masculine
- die kongeniale definite feminine includes-article
- das kongeniale definite includes-article neuter
- die kongenialen definite includes-article nominative
- des kongenialen definite genitive includes-article
- der kongenialen definite feminine genitive
- dem kongenialen dative definite includes-article
- den kongenialen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kongenial?
- /kɔnɡeˈni̯aːl/
- /ˈkɔnɡeˌni̯aːl/
- [kɔn.ɡe-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kongenial in German?
kongenial 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).