nebenamtlich
German, adjective/ˈneːbn̩ˌʔamtlɪç/
nebenamtlich is spelled N-E-B-E-N-A-M-T-L-I-C-H (12 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 161,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nebenamtlich is a German adjective meaning “in a secondary role” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einer neben dem Beruf (Hauptamt) ausgeübten Tätigkeit; im Nebenamt”.
What does nebenamtlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
in a secondary role
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in einer neben dem Beruf (Hauptamt) ausgeübten Tätigkeit; im Nebenamt
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 nebenamtlich
- nebenamtlicher masculine nominative singular
- nebenamtliche feminine nominative singular
- nebenamtliches neuter nominative singular
- nebenamtlichen genitive masculine singular
- nebenamtlichem dative masculine singular
- der nebenamtliche definite includes-article masculine
- die nebenamtliche definite feminine includes-article
- das nebenamtliche definite includes-article neuter
- die nebenamtlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des nebenamtlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der nebenamtlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem nebenamtlichen dative definite includes-article
- den nebenamtlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nebenamtlich?
- /ˈneːbn̩ˌʔamtlɪç/
- [ˈneːbn̩ˌʔamtlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nebenamtlich in German?
nebenamtlich appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).