originalgetreu
German, adjective/oʁiɡiˈnaːlɡətʁɔɪ̯/
originalgetreu is spelled O-R-I-G-I-N-A-L-G-E-T-R-E-U (14 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 57,755th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Originalgetreu is a German adjective meaning “faithful, true to original” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas genau wie das Abgebildete nachgebaut/abgemalt/kopiert (meist in allen Einzelheiten), dem Original genau…”.
What does originalgetreu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
faithful, true to original
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. etwas genau wie das Abgebildete nachgebaut/abgemalt/kopiert (meist in allen Einzelheiten), dem Original genau entsprechend
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 originalgetreu
- originalgetreuer masculine nominative singular
- am originalgetreuesten superlative
- am originalgetreusten superlative
- originalgetreue feminine nominative singular
- originalgetreues neuter nominative singular
- originalgetreuen genitive masculine singular
- originalgetreuem dative masculine singular
- der originalgetreue definite includes-article masculine
- die originalgetreue definite feminine includes-article
- das originalgetreue definite includes-article neuter
- die originalgetreuen definite includes-article nominative
- des originalgetreuen definite genitive includes-article
- der originalgetreuen definite feminine genitive
- dem originalgetreuen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce originalgetreu?
- /oʁiɡiˈnaːlɡətʁɔɪ̯/
- [oʁiɡiˈnaːlɡəˌtʁɔɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is originalgetreu in German?
originalgetreu appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).