nachdenklich
German, adjective/ˈnaːxˌdɛŋklɪç/
nachdenklich is spelled N-A-C-H-D-E-N-K-L-I-C-H (12 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written German, the 14,267th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachdenklich is a German adjective meaning “thoughtful, pensive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eigenen Gedanken nachgehend, in Gedanken versunken”.
What does nachdenklich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
thoughtful, pensive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eigenen Gedanken nachgehend, in Gedanken versunken 2. im Wesen zum Nachdenken geneigt, zu Überlegungen neigend 3. zum Nachdenken anregend/anreizend
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 nachdenklich
- nachdenklicher masculine nominative singular
- am nachdenklichsten superlative
- nachdenkliche feminine nominative singular
- nachdenkliches neuter nominative singular
- nachdenklichen genitive masculine singular
- nachdenklichem dative masculine singular
- der nachdenkliche definite includes-article masculine
- die nachdenkliche definite feminine includes-article
- das nachdenkliche definite includes-article neuter
- die nachdenklichen definite includes-article nominative
- des nachdenklichen definite genitive includes-article
- der nachdenklichen definite feminine genitive
- dem nachdenklichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nachdenklich?
- /ˈnaːxˌdɛŋklɪç/
- [ˈnaːxˌdɛŋklɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nachdenklich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nachdenklich in German?
nachdenklich appears 4.1 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).