lapidar
German, adjective/lapiˈdaːr/
lapidar is spelled L-A-P-I-D-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,749th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lapidar is a German adjective meaning “succinct, concise, lapidary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kurz und knapp, mit wenigen Worten auskommend”.
What does lapidar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
datedsuccinct, concise, lapidary
- 2
inappropriately brief, terse, offhand, not providing sufficient information, not showing sufficient concern
Der Minister wischte alle Bedenken mit einer lapidaren Bemerkung beiseite.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. kurz und knapp, mit wenigen Worten auskommend
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 lapidar
- lapidarer masculine nominative singular
- am lapidarsten superlative
- lapidare feminine nominative singular
- lapidares neuter nominative singular
- lapidaren genitive masculine singular
- lapidarem dative masculine singular
- der lapidare definite includes-article masculine
- die lapidare definite feminine includes-article
- das lapidare definite includes-article neuter
- die lapidaren definite includes-article nominative
- des lapidaren definite genitive includes-article
- der lapidaren definite feminine genitive
- dem lapidaren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lapidar?
- /lapiˈdaːr/
- [ˌla.piˈdaː(ɐ̯)]
- [-pɪ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lapidar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lapidar in German?
lapidar appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).