potent
German, adjective/poˈtɛnt/
potent is spelled P-O-T-E-N-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 98,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Potent is a German adjective meaning “potent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Potenz, sexuelle Energie besitzend”.
What does potent mean in English?
adjective
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potent
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Potenz, sexuelle Energie besitzend 2. zur Zeugung von Kindern fähig seiend, fähig seiend, eine Erektion zu bekommen 3. Einfluss habend; mächtig oder wichtig seiend
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 potent
- potenter masculine nominative singular
- am potentesten superlative
- potente feminine nominative singular
- potentes neuter nominative singular
- potenten genitive masculine singular
- potentem dative masculine singular
- der potente definite includes-article masculine
- die potente definite feminine includes-article
- das potente definite includes-article neuter
- die potenten definite includes-article nominative
- des potenten definite genitive includes-article
- der potenten definite feminine genitive
- dem potenten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce potent?
- /poˈtɛnt/
- [poˈtɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is potent in German?
potent appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).