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revolutionär

German, adjective

revolutionär is a German adjective meaning “revolutionary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Revolutionär is a different word: “revolutionary”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “neuartig, umkrempelnd, verändernd”.

What does revolutionär mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    revolutionary

noun

as Revolutionär
  1. 1

    masculinerevolutionary

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. neuartig, umkrempelnd, verändernd

noun: 1. (männliche^☆) Person mit revolutionären Ansichten (insbesondere bezüglich der Gesellschaftsordnung), häufig dafür (kämpferisch) eintretend

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 revolutionär

  • revolutionärer masculine nominative singular
  • am revolutionärsten superlative
  • revolutionäre feminine nominative singular
  • revolutionäres neuter nominative singular
  • revolutionären genitive masculine singular
  • revolutionärem dative masculine singular
  • der revolutionäre definite includes-article masculine
  • die revolutionäre definite feminine includes-article
  • das revolutionäre definite includes-article neuter
  • die revolutionären definite includes-article nominative
  • des revolutionären definite genitive includes-article
  • der revolutionären definite feminine genitive
  • dem revolutionären dative definite includes-article
  • Revolutionärin feminine
  • Revolutionäre nominative plural
  • Revolutionärs genitive singular
  • Revolutionären dative plural

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

English words that translate to revolutionär

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

How common is revolutionär in German?

revolutionär 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).