okay
German, adjective/oˈkeː/
okay is spelled O-K-A-Y (4 letters) and appears 93 times per million words in written German, the 934th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Okay is a German adjective meaning “OK” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Ordnung; ohne, dass etwas zu beklagen wäre”.
What does okay mean in English?
interjection
- 1
OK
adjective
- 1
informalOK
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in Ordnung; ohne, dass etwas zu beklagen wäre
particle: 1. Ja!
noun: 1. Erlaubnis zur Durchführung einer Handlung
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 okay
- ok alternative
- OK alternative
- o.k. alternative
- O.K. alternative
- okayer masculine nominative singular
- am okaysten superlative
- okaye feminine nominative singular
- okayes neuter nominative singular
- okayen genitive masculine singular
- okayem dative masculine singular
- der okaye definite includes-article masculine
- die okaye definite feminine includes-article
- das okaye definite includes-article neuter
- die okayen definite includes-article nominative
- des okayen definite genitive includes-article
- der okayen definite feminine genitive
- o. k. abbreviation
- O. K. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce okay?
- /oˈkeː/
- /oˈkɛɪ̯/
- [oˈkeː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to okay
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is okay in German?
okay appears 93 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).