proportional
German, adjective/ˌpʁopɔʁt͡si̯oˈnaːl/
proportional is spelled P-R-O-P-O-R-T-I-O-N-A-L (12 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 20,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proportional is a German adjective meaning “proportional” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einer Proportion entsprechend, in einem ausgeglichenen Verhältnis befindlich”.
What does proportional mean in English?
adjective
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proportional
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. einer Proportion entsprechend, in einem ausgeglichenen Verhältnis befindlich 2. sich im gleichen Verhältnis ändernd
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 proportional
- proportionaler masculine nominative singular
- am proportionalsten superlative
- proportionale feminine nominative singular
- proportionales neuter nominative singular
- proportionalen genitive masculine singular
- proportionalem dative masculine singular
- der proportionale definite includes-article masculine
- die proportionale definite feminine includes-article
- das proportionale definite includes-article neuter
- die proportionalen definite includes-article nominative
- des proportionalen definite genitive includes-article
- der proportionalen definite feminine genitive
- dem proportionalen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce proportional?
- /ˌpʁopɔʁt͡si̯oˈnaːl/
- [ˌpʁopɔʁt͡si̯oˈnaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to proportional
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is proportional in German?
proportional appears 2.6 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).