paradox
German, adjective
paradox is spelled P-A-R-A-D-O-X (7 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 16,125th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paradox is a German adjective meaning “paradoxical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Paradox is a different word: “paradox”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen unauflösbaren Widerspruch enthaltend”.
What does paradox mean in English?
adjective
- 1
paradoxical
noun
- 1
neuterparadox
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. einen unauflösbaren Widerspruch enthaltend
noun: 1. ein Widerspruch in sich; ein Ding der Unmöglichkeit
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 paradox
- paradoxer masculine nominative singular
- am paradoxesten superlative
- paradoxe feminine nominative singular
- paradoxes neuter nominative singular
- paradoxen genitive masculine singular
- paradoxem dative masculine singular
- der paradoxe definite includes-article masculine
- die paradoxe definite feminine includes-article
- das paradoxe definite includes-article neuter
- die paradoxen definite includes-article nominative
- des paradoxen definite genitive includes-article
- der paradoxen definite feminine genitive
- dem paradoxen dative definite includes-article
- Paradoxe nominative plural
- Paradoxes genitive singular
- Paradoxen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to paradox
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paradox in German?
paradox appears 3.5 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).