surreal
German, adjective[ˈzʊʁeˌaːl]
surreal is spelled S-U-R-R-E-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 40,460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surreal is a German adjective meaning “surreal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “fern der Realität; zur Fantasie- oder Traumwelt gehörig”.
What does surreal mean in English?
adjective
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surreal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. fern der Realität; zur Fantasie- oder Traumwelt gehörig
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 surreal
- surrealer masculine nominative singular
- am surrealsten superlative
- surreale feminine nominative singular
- surreales neuter nominative singular
- surrealen genitive masculine singular
- surrealem dative masculine singular
- der surreale definite includes-article masculine
- die surreale definite feminine includes-article
- das surreale definite includes-article neuter
- die surrealen definite includes-article nominative
- des surrealen definite genitive includes-article
- der surrealen definite feminine genitive
- dem surrealen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surreal?
- [ˈzʊʁeˌaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to surreal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is surreal in German?
surreal appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).