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offenkundig

German, adjective/ˈɔfn̩ˌkʊndɪç/

offenkundig is spelled O-F-F-E-N-K-U-N-D-I-G (11 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written German, the 15,068th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Offenkundig is a German adjective meaning “overt, obvious, manifest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “für jeden erkennbar oder sichtbar”.

What does offenkundig mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    overt, obvious, manifest

  2. 2

    apparent

  3. 3

    flagrant, blatant

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. für jeden erkennbar oder sichtbar 2. Bedeutung sollte ergänzt werden

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 offenkundig

  • offenkundiger masculine nominative singular
  • am offenkundigsten superlative
  • offenkundige feminine nominative singular
  • offenkundiges neuter nominative singular
  • offenkundigen genitive masculine singular
  • offenkundigem dative masculine singular
  • der offenkundige definite includes-article masculine
  • die offenkundige definite feminine includes-article
  • das offenkundige definite includes-article neuter
  • die offenkundigen definite includes-article nominative
  • des offenkundigen definite genitive includes-article
  • der offenkundigen definite feminine genitive
  • dem offenkundigen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce offenkundig?

  • /ˈɔfn̩ˌkʊndɪç/
  • /ˈɔfn̩ˌkʊndɪk/
  • [ˈɔfn̩ˌkʊndɪç]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to offenkundig

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is offenkundig in German?

offenkundig appears 3.8 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).

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