optional
German, adjective/ɔptsɪ̯oˈnaːl/
optional is spelled O-P-T-I-O-N-A-L (8 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written German, the 15,332nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Optional is a German adjective meaning “optional” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wählbar; nicht obligatorisch; man kann sich entscheiden, ob man es macht oder nicht”.
What does optional mean in English?
adjective
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optional
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. wählbar; nicht obligatorisch; man kann sich entscheiden, ob man es macht oder nicht
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 optional
- optionaler masculine nominative singular
- optionale feminine nominative singular
- optionales neuter nominative singular
- optionalen genitive masculine singular
- optionalem dative masculine singular
- der optionale definite includes-article masculine
- die optionale definite feminine includes-article
- das optionale definite includes-article neuter
- die optionalen definite includes-article nominative
- des optionalen definite genitive includes-article
- der optionalen definite feminine genitive
- dem optionalen dative definite includes-article
- den optionalen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce optional?
- /ɔptsɪ̯oˈnaːl/
- [ɔpt͡si̯oˈnaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to optional
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is optional in German?
optional appears 3.7 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).