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portabel

German, adjective[pɔʁˈtaːbl̩]

portabel is spelled P-O-R-T-A-B-E-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 285,944th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Portabel is a German adjective meaning “portable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Eigenschaft eines Gegenstandes, sich leicht transportieren zu lassen”.

What does portabel mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    portable

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. die Eigenschaft eines Gegenstandes, sich leicht transportieren zu lassen 2. gut/leicht übertragbar

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 portabel

  • portabler masculine nominative singular
  • am portabelsten superlative
  • portable feminine nominative singular
  • portables neuter nominative singular
  • portablen genitive masculine singular
  • portablem dative masculine singular
  • der portable definite includes-article masculine
  • die portable definite feminine includes-article
  • das portable definite includes-article neuter
  • die portablen definite includes-article nominative
  • des portablen definite genitive includes-article
  • der portablen definite feminine genitive
  • dem portablen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce portabel?

  • [pɔʁˈtaːbl̩]

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

English words that translate to portabel

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

How common is portabel in German?

portabel appears about once in every 25 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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