sinnvoll
German, adjective/ˈzɪnfɔl/
sinnvoll is spelled S-I-N-N-V-O-L-L (8 letters) and appears 31 times per million words in written German, the 2,653rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sinnvoll is a German adjective meaning “meaningful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “geistig rege, mit einem großen Verstand”.
What does sinnvoll mean in English?
adjective
- 1
meaningful
- 2
sensible
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. geistig rege, mit einem großen Verstand 2. vernünftig, einem Zweck entsprechend, wohldurchdacht 3. für eine Person einen Sinn beinhaltend 4. einen Sinngehalt aufweisend
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 sinnvoll
- sinnvoller masculine nominative singular
- am sinnvollsten superlative
- sinnvolle feminine nominative singular
- sinnvolles neuter nominative singular
- sinnvollen genitive masculine singular
- sinnvollem dative masculine singular
- der sinnvolle definite includes-article masculine
- die sinnvolle definite feminine includes-article
- das sinnvolle definite includes-article neuter
- die sinnvollen definite includes-article nominative
- des sinnvollen definite genitive includes-article
- der sinnvollen definite feminine genitive
- dem sinnvollen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sinnvoll?
- /ˈzɪnfɔl/
- [ˈzɪnˌfɔl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sinnvoll
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sinnvoll in German?
sinnvoll appears 31 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).