mobil
German, adjective
mobil is spelled M-O-B-I-L (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mobil is a German adjective meaning “mobile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Mobil is a different word: “car, automobile (wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at…”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “beweglich, an verschiedenen Orten einzusetzen”.
What does mobil mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mobile
noun
- 1
colloquialneutercar, automobile (wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. beweglich, an verschiedenen Orten einzusetzen 2. gesund und fit, gut zu Fuß 3. für einen Einsatz bereit
noun: 1. Fahrzeug zum Transport von jemandem oder etwas
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 mobil
- mobiler masculine nominative singular
- am mobilsten superlative
- mobile feminine nominative singular
- mobiles neuter nominative singular
- mobilen genitive masculine singular
- mobilem dative masculine singular
- der mobile definite includes-article masculine
- die mobile definite feminine includes-article
- das mobile definite includes-article neuter
- die mobilen definite includes-article nominative
- des mobilen definite genitive includes-article
- der mobilen definite feminine genitive
- dem mobilen dative definite includes-article
- Mobile nominative plural
- Mobils genitive singular
- Mobilen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mobil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mobil in German?
mobil appears 11 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).