radikal
German, adjective
radikal is spelled R-A-D-I-K-A-L (7 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written German, the 9,010th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Radikal is a German adjective meaning “radical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Radikal is a different word: “radical”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Denken und oder Handeln in besonderem Maße von der Norm abweichend”.
What does radikal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
radical
noun
- 1
neuterradical
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. im Denken und oder Handeln in besonderem Maße von der Norm abweichend 2. in besonders hervorstechendem Maße 3. eine Bestrebung bezeichnend, die Gesellschaft umfassend (an der Wurzel) zu verändern
noun: 1. Teilchen mit freiem Elektron, welches sehr reaktionsfreudig ist 2. Teil chinesischer Schriftzeichen (Hanzi), das eine (ursprüngliche) Eigenbedeutung trägt und nach dem man die Zeichen in Wörterbüchern ordnet
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 radikal
- radikaler masculine nominative singular
- am radikalsten superlative
- radikale feminine nominative singular
- radikales neuter nominative singular
- radikalen genitive masculine singular
- radikalem dative masculine singular
- der radikale definite includes-article masculine
- die radikale definite feminine includes-article
- das radikale definite includes-article neuter
- die radikalen definite includes-article nominative
- des radikalen definite genitive includes-article
- der radikalen definite feminine genitive
- dem radikalen dative definite includes-article
- radical obsolete
- Radikale nominative plural
- Radikals genitive singular
- Radikalen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to radikal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is radikal in German?
radikal appears 7.4 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).