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romanhaft

German, adjective/ʁoˈmaːnhaft/

romanhaft is spelled R-O-M-A-N-H-A-F-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written German, the 376,420th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Romanhaft is a German adjective meaning “in the manner of a novel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “außergewöhnlich wie in einem Roman; nicht in Gänze glaubwürdig”.

What does romanhaft mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    in the manner of a novel

  2. 2

    like in a novel; not real or believable

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. außergewöhnlich wie in einem Roman; nicht in Gänze glaubwürdig 2. mit vielen Worten, sehr ausführlich wie bei einem Roman

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 romanhaft

  • romanhafter masculine nominative singular
  • am romanhaftesten superlative
  • romanhafte feminine nominative singular
  • romanhaftes neuter nominative singular
  • romanhaften genitive masculine singular
  • romanhaftem dative masculine singular
  • der romanhafte definite includes-article masculine
  • die romanhafte definite feminine includes-article
  • das romanhafte definite includes-article neuter
  • die romanhaften definite includes-article nominative
  • des romanhaften definite genitive includes-article
  • der romanhaften definite feminine genitive
  • dem romanhaften dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce romanhaft?

  • /ʁoˈmaːnhaft/
  • [ʁoˈmaːnhaft]

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

How common is romanhaft in German?

romanhaft appears about once in every 40 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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