permanent
German, adjective/pɛʁmaˈnɛnt/
permanent is spelled P-E-R-M-A-N-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written German, the 7,170th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Permanent is a German adjective meaning “permanent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bleibend, immer während, ständig, ununterbrochen”.
What does permanent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
permanent
adverb
- 1
permanently, incessantly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. bleibend, immer während, ständig, ununterbrochen
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 permanent
- permanenter masculine nominative singular
- permanente feminine nominative singular
- permanentes neuter nominative singular
- permanenten genitive masculine singular
- permanentem dative masculine singular
- der permanente definite includes-article masculine
- die permanente definite feminine includes-article
- das permanente definite includes-article neuter
- die permanenten definite includes-article nominative
- des permanenten definite genitive includes-article
- der permanenten definite feminine genitive
- dem permanenten dative definite includes-article
- den permanenten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce permanent?
- /pɛʁmaˈnɛnt/
- [pɛʁmaˈnɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to permanent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is permanent in German?
permanent appears 9.8 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).