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passend

German, adjective[ˈpasn̩t]

passend is spelled P-A-S-S-E-N-D (7 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written German, the 4,267th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Passend is a German adjective meaning “suitable, fitting, matching” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of passen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit etwas anderem vereinbar”.

What does passend mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    suitable, fitting, matching

verb

  1. 1

    present participle of passen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. mit etwas anderem vereinbar

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 passend

  • passender masculine nominative singular
  • am passendsten superlative
  • passende feminine nominative singular
  • passendes neuter nominative singular
  • passenden genitive masculine singular
  • passendem dative masculine singular
  • der passende definite includes-article masculine
  • die passende definite feminine includes-article
  • das passende definite includes-article neuter
  • die passenden definite includes-article nominative
  • des passenden definite genitive includes-article
  • der passenden definite feminine genitive
  • dem passenden dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce passend?

  • [ˈpasn̩t]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to passend

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is passend in German?

passend appears 18 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).

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