modal
German, adjective/moˈdaːl/
modal is spelled M-O-D-A-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 73,335th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modal is a German adjective meaning “modal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Verhältnisse bedingt”.
What does modal mean in English?
adjective
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modal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. durch Verhältnisse bedingt 2. die Art und Weise (als grammatische oder semantische Kategorie) betreffend 3. die Modalnotation betreffend, oder einer Kirchentonart zugehörig
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 modal
- modaler masculine nominative singular
- modale feminine nominative singular
- modales neuter nominative singular
- modalen genitive masculine singular
- modalem dative masculine singular
- der modale definite includes-article masculine
- die modale definite feminine includes-article
- das modale definite includes-article neuter
- die modalen definite includes-article nominative
- des modalen definite genitive includes-article
- der modalen definite feminine genitive
- dem modalen dative definite includes-article
- den modalen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modal?
- /moˈdaːl/
- [moˈdaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to modal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is modal in German?
modal appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).