kontrovers
German, adjective[kɔntʁoˈvɛʁs]
kontrovers is spelled K-O-N-T-R-O-V-E-R-S (10 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 16,125th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kontrovers is a German adjective meaning “controversial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “entgegengesetzt, sich widersprechend”.
What does kontrovers mean in English?
adjective
- 1
controversial
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. entgegengesetzt, sich widersprechend 2. viel und heftig diskutiert
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 kontrovers
- kontroverser masculine nominative singular
- am kontroversesten superlative
- kontroverse feminine nominative singular
- kontroverses neuter nominative singular
- kontroversen genitive masculine singular
- kontroversem dative masculine singular
- der kontroverse definite includes-article masculine
- die kontroverse definite feminine includes-article
- das kontroverse definite includes-article neuter
- die kontroversen definite includes-article nominative
- des kontroversen definite genitive includes-article
- der kontroversen definite feminine genitive
- dem kontroversen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kontrovers?
- [kɔntʁoˈvɛʁs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kontrovers
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kontrovers in German?
kontrovers appears 3.5 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).