mental
German, adjective[mɛnˈtaːl]
mental is spelled M-E-N-T-A-L (6 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written German, the 12,686th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mental is a German adjective meaning “mental” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “geistig, den Geist oder das Denken betreffend, zum Geist gehörig”.
What does mental mean in English?
adjective
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mental
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. geistig, den Geist oder das Denken betreffend, zum Geist gehörig 2. aus Denken hervorgegangen 3. in Gedanken 4. zum Kinn gehörend
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 mental
- mentaler masculine nominative singular
- mentale feminine nominative singular
- mentales neuter nominative singular
- mentalen genitive masculine singular
- mentalem dative masculine singular
- der mentale definite includes-article masculine
- die mentale definite feminine includes-article
- das mentale definite includes-article neuter
- die mentalen definite includes-article nominative
- des mentalen definite genitive includes-article
- der mentalen definite feminine genitive
- dem mentalen dative definite includes-article
- den mentalen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mental?
- [mɛnˈtaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mental
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mental in German?
mental appears 4.8 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).