terminal
German, adjective
terminal is spelled T-E-R-M-I-N-A-L (8 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written German, the 10,826th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terminal is a German adjective meaning “terminal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Terminal is a different word: “terminal (at an airport etc.)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “am Ende gelegen”.
What does terminal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
terminal
noun
- 1
masculineneuterterminal (at an airport etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. am Ende gelegen 2. im Endstadium; so, dass es nicht mehr zu heilen ist 3. eine Grenze oder das Ende von etwas betreffend, zu ihm gehörend
noun: 1. Gebäude oder Gelände zur Abfertigung der Passagiere auf einem Flughafen 2. Be- und Entladestelle in Bahnhöfen oder Häfen
noun: 1. Gerät zur Ausgabe oder Eingabe von Daten in Verbindung mit einem Computer oder einem Großrechner
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 terminal
- terminaler masculine nominative singular
- terminale feminine nominative singular
- terminales neuter nominative singular
- terminalen genitive masculine singular
- terminalem dative masculine singular
- der terminale definite includes-article masculine
- die terminale definite feminine includes-article
- das terminale definite includes-article neuter
- die terminalen definite includes-article nominative
- des terminalen definite genitive includes-article
- der terminalen definite feminine genitive
- dem terminalen dative definite includes-article
- den terminalen dative definite includes-article
- Terminals nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to terminal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is terminal in German?
terminal appears 5.9 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).