offenbar
German, adjective
offenbar is spelled O-F-F-E-N-B-A-R (8 letters) and appears 78 times per million words in written German, the 1,114th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Offenbar is a German adjective meaning “apparent (evident)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, öffenbar is a different word: “openable”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “für jeden zu sehen, klar ersichtlich (kein Zweifel möglich)”.
What does offenbar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
apparent (evident)
adverb
- 1
apparently, evidently; obviously
adjective
- 1
openable
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. für jeden zu sehen, klar ersichtlich (kein Zweifel möglich) 2. den Eindruck erweckend, dass (es gibt sichtbare Anzeichen dafür, aber die Sache ist noch unbestätigt) 3. vermutlich, mutmaßlich (der Sprechende oder jemand anders vermutet es)
adjective: 1. sich öffnen lassend
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 offenbar
- offenbarer masculine nominative singular
- am offenbarsten superlative
- offenbare feminine nominative singular
- offenbares neuter nominative singular
- offenbaren genitive masculine singular
- offenbarem dative masculine singular
- der offenbare definite includes-article masculine
- die offenbare definite feminine includes-article
- das offenbare definite includes-article neuter
- die offenbaren definite includes-article nominative
- des offenbaren definite genitive includes-article
- der offenbaren definite feminine genitive
- dem offenbaren dative definite includes-article
- öffenbarer positive nominative strong
- öffenbare positive nominative strong
- öffenbares positive nominative strong
- öffenbaren positive genitive strong
- öffenbarem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to offenbar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is offenbar in German?
offenbar appears 78 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).