langsam
German, adjective/ˈlaŋzaːm/
langsam is spelled L-A-N-G-S-A-M (7 letters) and appears 115 times per million words in written German, the 756th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Langsam is a German adjective meaning “slow (taking a long time to move or travel; not happening in a short time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine niedrige Geschwindigkeit aufweisend, lange Zeit benötigend”.
What does langsam mean in English?
adjective
- 1
slow (taking a long time to move or travel; not happening in a short time)
Schnecken sind sehr langsam.
adverb
- 1
slowly (at a slow pace), gradually, carefully
Das Auto fährt langsam.
- 2
informalit's getting to the point where; just about; used to indicate that an event or evaluation may not have fully come about yet, but is approaching that point.
Wir werden uns langsam auf den Weg machen.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine niedrige Geschwindigkeit aufweisend, lange Zeit benötigend 2. allmählich, in kleinen Schritten voranschreitend
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 langsam
- langsamer masculine nominative singular
- am langsamsten superlative
- langsame feminine nominative singular
- langsames neuter nominative singular
- langsamen genitive masculine singular
- langsamem dative masculine singular
- der langsame definite includes-article masculine
- die langsame definite feminine includes-article
- das langsame definite includes-article neuter
- die langsamen definite includes-article nominative
- des langsamen definite genitive includes-article
- der langsamen definite feminine genitive
- dem langsamen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce langsam?
- /ˈlaŋzaːm/
- /ˈlaŋzam/
- [ˈlaŋzaːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to langsam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is langsam in German?
langsam appears 115 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).