monumental
German, adjective/monumɛnˈtaːl/
monumental is spelled M-O-N-U-M-E-N-T-A-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 71,199th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Monumental is a German adjective meaning “monumental” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gewaltig und eindrucksvoll”.
What does monumental mean in English?
adjective
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monumental
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gewaltig und eindrucksvoll
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 monumental
- monumentaler masculine nominative singular
- am monumentalsten superlative
- monumentale feminine nominative singular
- monumentales neuter nominative singular
- monumentalen genitive masculine singular
- monumentalem dative masculine singular
- der monumentale definite includes-article masculine
- die monumentale definite feminine includes-article
- das monumentale definite includes-article neuter
- die monumentalen definite includes-article nominative
- des monumentalen definite genitive includes-article
- der monumentalen definite feminine genitive
- dem monumentalen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce monumental?
- /monumɛnˈtaːl/
- [monumɛnˈtaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to monumental
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is monumental in German?
monumental 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).