speziell
German, adjective/ʃpeˈtsi̯ɛl/
speziell is spelled S-P-E-Z-I-E-L-L (8 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written German, the 2,547th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Speziell is a German adjective meaning “special” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich vom Normalfall (der Regel oder von den jeweils anderen) in den Eigenschaften oder der Wichtigkeit…”.
What does speziell mean in English?
adjective
- 1
special
- 2
particular, specific
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sich vom Normalfall (der Regel oder von den jeweils anderen) in den Eigenschaften oder der Wichtigkeit unterscheidend
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 speziell
- spezieller masculine nominative singular
- am speziellsten superlative
- spezielle feminine nominative singular
- spezielles neuter nominative singular
- speziellen genitive masculine singular
- speziellem dative masculine singular
- der spezielle definite includes-article masculine
- die spezielle definite feminine includes-article
- das spezielle definite includes-article neuter
- die speziellen definite includes-article nominative
- des speziellen definite genitive includes-article
- der speziellen definite feminine genitive
- dem speziellen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce speziell?
- /ʃpeˈtsi̯ɛl/
- [ʃpeˈt͡si̯ɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to speziell
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is speziell in German?
speziell appears 32 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).