optimal
German, adjective/ɔptiˈmaːl/
optimal is spelled O-P-T-I-M-A-L (7 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written German, the 7,292nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Optimal is a German adjective meaning “optimal (perfect)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Bestmögliche unter den gegebenen Voraussetzungen”.
What does optimal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
optimal (perfect)
- 2
optimal (as good as possible under a given condition)
- 3
very good
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. das Bestmögliche unter den gegebenen Voraussetzungen
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 optimal
- optimaler masculine nominative singular
- am optimalsten colloquial superlative
- optimale feminine nominative singular
- optimales neuter nominative singular
- optimalen genitive masculine singular
- optimalem dative masculine singular
- der optimale definite includes-article masculine
- die optimale definite feminine includes-article
- das optimale definite includes-article neuter
- die optimalen definite includes-article nominative
- des optimalen definite genitive includes-article
- der optimalen definite feminine genitive
- dem optimalen dative definite includes-article
- opt. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce optimal?
- /ɔptiˈmaːl/
- [ɔptiˈmaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to optimal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is optimal in German?
optimal appears 9.5 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).