nebensächlich
German, adjective[ˈneːbn̩ˌzɛçlɪç]
nebensächlich is spelled N-E-B-E-N-S-Ä-C-H-L-I-C-H (13 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,981st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nebensächlich is a German adjective meaning “irrelevant, unimportant, insignificant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nur von untergeordneter Bedeutung, nicht so wichtig”.
What does nebensächlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
irrelevant, unimportant, insignificant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nur von untergeordneter Bedeutung, nicht so wichtig
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 nebensächlich
- nebensächlicher masculine nominative singular
- am nebensächlichsten superlative
- nebensächliche feminine nominative singular
- nebensächliches neuter nominative singular
- nebensächlichen genitive masculine singular
- nebensächlichem dative masculine singular
- der nebensächliche definite includes-article masculine
- die nebensächliche definite feminine includes-article
- das nebensächliche definite includes-article neuter
- die nebensächlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des nebensächlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der nebensächlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem nebensächlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nebensächlich?
- [ˈneːbn̩ˌzɛçlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nebensächlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nebensächlich in German?
nebensächlich appears 1.3 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).