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phänomenal

German, adjective/fɛnomeˈnaːl/

phänomenal is spelled P-H-Ä-N-O-M-E-N-A-L (10 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phänomenal is a German adjective meaning “phenomenal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “außergewöhnlich, erstaunlich”.

What does phänomenal mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    phenomenal

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. außergewöhnlich, erstaunlich 2. das Phänomen betreffend, sich der Wahrnehmung, der Erkenntnis darbietend

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 phänomenal

  • phänomenaler masculine nominative singular
  • am phänomenalsten superlative
  • phänomenale feminine nominative singular
  • phänomenales neuter nominative singular
  • phänomenalen genitive masculine singular
  • phänomenalem dative masculine singular
  • der phänomenale definite includes-article masculine
  • die phänomenale definite feminine includes-article
  • das phänomenale definite includes-article neuter
  • die phänomenalen definite includes-article nominative
  • des phänomenalen definite genitive includes-article
  • der phänomenalen definite feminine genitive
  • dem phänomenalen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce phänomenal?

  • /fɛnomeˈnaːl/
  • [fɛnomeˈnaːl]

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

English words that translate to phänomenal

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

How common is phänomenal in German?

phänomenal appears 1.1 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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