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populär

German, adjective/ˌpopuˈlɛːɐ̯/

populär is spelled P-O-P-U-L-Ä-R (7 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written German, the 11,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Populär is a German adjective meaning “popular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Öffentlichkeit bekannt und beliebt”.

What does populär mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    popular

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. in der Öffentlichkeit bekannt und beliebt 2. ohne Fachwissen verständlich

noun: 1. Anhänger des Adels im antiken Rom, der die Vorherrschaft des Senats ablehnte

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 populär

  • populärer masculine nominative singular
  • am populärsten superlative
  • populäre feminine nominative singular
  • populäres neuter nominative singular
  • populären genitive masculine singular
  • populärem dative masculine singular
  • der populäre definite includes-article masculine
  • die populäre definite feminine includes-article
  • das populäre definite includes-article neuter
  • die populären definite includes-article nominative
  • des populären definite genitive includes-article
  • der populären definite feminine genitive
  • dem populären dative definite includes-article
  • Popularin feminine
  • Popularen nominative plural
  • Populares nominative plural
  • Populars genitive singular

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

How do you pronounce populär?

  • /ˌpopuˈlɛːɐ̯/
  • /ˌpopuˈleːɐ̯/
  • [popuˈlɛːɐ̯]

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

English words that translate to populär

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

How common is populär in German?

populär appears 5.6 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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