notwendig
German, adjective/ˈnoːtˌvɛndɪç/
notwendig is spelled N-O-T-W-E-N-D-I-G (9 letters) and appears 55 times per million words in written German, the 1,550th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Notwendig is a German adjective meaning “necessary; essential; indispensable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unter allen Umständen erforderlich”.
What does notwendig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
necessary; essential; indispensable
Welche Schritte sind dafür notwendig?
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. unter allen Umständen erforderlich 2. in der Konsequenz unvermeidbar
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 notwendig
- notwendiger masculine nominative singular
- am notwendigsten superlative
- notwendige feminine nominative singular
- notwendiges neuter nominative singular
- notwendigen genitive masculine singular
- notwendigem dative masculine singular
- der notwendige definite includes-article masculine
- die notwendige definite feminine includes-article
- das notwendige definite includes-article neuter
- die notwendigen definite includes-article nominative
- des notwendigen definite genitive includes-article
- der notwendigen definite feminine genitive
- dem notwendigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce notwendig?
- /ˈnoːtˌvɛndɪç/
- /ˈnoːtˌvɛndɪk/
- [ˈnoːtvɛndɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to notwendig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is notwendig in German?
notwendig appears 55 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).