offensichtlich
German, adjective/ˈʔɔfənzɪçtlɪç/
offensichtlich is spelled O-F-F-E-N-S-I-C-H-T-L-I-C-H (14 letters) and appears 54 times per million words in written German, the 1,596th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Offensichtlich is a German adjective meaning “obvious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dem Anschein nach”.
What does offensichtlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
obvious
- 2
evident, apparent
adverb
- 1
obviously
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. dem Anschein nach 2. für jeden erkennbar
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 offensichtlich
- offensichtlicher masculine nominative singular
- am offensichtlichsten superlative
- offensichtliche feminine nominative singular
- offensichtliches neuter nominative singular
- offensichtlichen genitive masculine singular
- offensichtlichem dative masculine singular
- der offensichtliche definite includes-article masculine
- die offensichtliche definite feminine includes-article
- das offensichtliche definite includes-article neuter
- die offensichtlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des offensichtlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der offensichtlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem offensichtlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce offensichtlich?
- /ˈʔɔfənzɪçtlɪç/
- /ʔɔfənˈzɪçtlɪç/
- [ˈɔfn̩ˌzɪçtlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to offensichtlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is offensichtlich in German?
offensichtlich appears 54 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).