temporal
German, adjective/tɛmpoˈʁaːl/
temporal is spelled T-E-M-P-O-R-A-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 116,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Temporal is a German adjective meaning “temporal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Tempus (= Zeit als grammatische oder semantische Kategorie) betreffend”.
What does temporal mean in English?
adjective
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temporal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. das Tempus (= Zeit als grammatische oder semantische Kategorie) betreffend 2. schläfenwärts gelegen 3. den Temporallappen betreffend, zum Temporallappen 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 temporal
- temporaler masculine nominative singular
- temporale feminine nominative singular
- temporales neuter nominative singular
- temporalen genitive masculine singular
- temporalem dative masculine singular
- der temporale definite includes-article masculine
- die temporale definite feminine includes-article
- das temporale definite includes-article neuter
- die temporalen definite includes-article nominative
- des temporalen definite genitive includes-article
- der temporalen definite feminine genitive
- dem temporalen dative definite includes-article
- den temporalen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce temporal?
- /tɛmpoˈʁaːl/
- [tɛmpoˈʁaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to temporal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is temporal in German?
temporal appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).