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relevant

German, adjective[ʁɛləˈvant]

relevant is spelled R-E-L-E-V-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written German, the 8,191st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Relevant is a German adjective meaning “relevant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einem wichtigen, bedeutsamen Zusammenhang (mit dem Objekt oder Thema) stehend”.

What does relevant mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    relevant

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. in einem wichtigen, bedeutsamen Zusammenhang (mit dem Objekt oder Thema) stehend

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 relevant

  • relevanter masculine nominative singular
  • am relevantesten superlative
  • relevante feminine nominative singular
  • relevantes neuter nominative singular
  • relevanten genitive masculine singular
  • relevantem dative masculine singular
  • der relevante definite includes-article masculine
  • die relevante definite feminine includes-article
  • das relevante definite includes-article neuter
  • die relevanten definite includes-article nominative
  • des relevanten definite genitive includes-article
  • der relevanten definite feminine genitive
  • dem relevanten dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce relevant?

  • [ʁɛləˈvant]
  • [ʁeləˈvant]

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

English words that translate to relevant

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

How common is relevant in German?

relevant appears 8.3 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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