künftig
German, adjective/ˈkʏnftɪç/
künftig is spelled K-Ü-N-F-T-I-G (7 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written German, the 3,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Künftig is a German adjective meaning “future” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zukünftig, bald eintretend oder vorhanden, in der Zukunft kommend”.
What does künftig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
future
adverb
- 1
henceforth, in the future
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zukünftig, bald eintretend oder vorhanden, in der Zukunft kommend
adverb: 1. zukünftig, in der Folgezeit, von jetzt an
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 künftig
- künftiger masculine nominative singular
- künftige feminine nominative singular
- künftiges neuter nominative singular
- künftigen genitive masculine singular
- künftigem dative masculine singular
- der künftige definite includes-article masculine
- die künftige definite feminine includes-article
- das künftige definite includes-article neuter
- die künftigen definite includes-article nominative
- des künftigen definite genitive includes-article
- der künftigen definite feminine genitive
- dem künftigen dative definite includes-article
- den künftigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce künftig?
- /ˈkʏnftɪç/
- /ˈkʏnftɪk/
- [ˈkʏnftɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to künftig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is künftig in German?
künftig appears 23 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).