substanziell
German, adjective/zʊp.stanˈ(t)si̯ɛl/
substanziell is spelled S-U-B-S-T-A-N-Z-I-E-L-L (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 92,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Substanziell is a German adjective meaning “essential; vital; fundamental; profound; decisive; substantial (in this sense)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den wesentlichen Kern einer Sache, eines Ziels oder eines Vorfalles betreffend”.
What does substanziell mean in English?
adjective
- 1
essential; vital; fundamental; profound; decisive; substantial (in this sense)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. den wesentlichen Kern einer Sache, eines Ziels oder eines Vorfalles betreffend 2. von äußerster Wichtigkeit für einen Sachverhalt, essentieller Bestandteil
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 substanziell
- substanzieller masculine nominative singular
- am substanziellsten superlative
- substanzielle feminine nominative singular
- substanzielles neuter nominative singular
- substanziellen genitive masculine singular
- substanziellem dative masculine singular
- der substanzielle definite includes-article masculine
- die substanzielle definite feminine includes-article
- das substanzielle definite includes-article neuter
- die substanziellen definite includes-article nominative
- des substanziellen definite genitive includes-article
- der substanziellen definite feminine genitive
- dem substanziellen dative definite includes-article
- substantiell alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce substanziell?
- /zʊp.stanˈ(t)si̯ɛl/
- [-ˈt͡sjɛl]
- [-t͡siˈɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to substanziell
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is substanziell in German?
substanziell appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).