total
German, adjective/toˈtaːl/
total is spelled T-O-T-A-L (5 letters) and appears 83 times per million words in written German, the 1,041st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Total is a German adjective meaning “total, absolute, complete, utter (not used in the sense of “entire”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “völlig, vollständig”.
What does total mean in English?
adjective
- 1
total, absolute, complete, utter (not used in the sense of “entire”)
Es ist kein totales, sondern nur ein partielles Verbot.
adverb
- 1
totally, absolutely, completely, utterly
total übertrieben
- 2
Switzerlandsynonym of insgesamt (“in total, all in all”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. völlig, vollständig
noun: 1. Ergebnis der Addition aller Teilsummen, Teilbeträge; Gesamtheit, das Ganze
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 total
- totaler masculine nominative singular
- am totalsten rare superlative
- totale feminine nominative singular
- totales neuter nominative singular
- totalen genitive masculine singular
- totalem dative masculine singular
- der totale definite includes-article masculine
- die totale definite feminine includes-article
- das totale definite includes-article neuter
- die totalen definite includes-article nominative
- des totalen definite genitive includes-article
- der totalen definite feminine genitive
- dem totalen dative definite includes-article
- Totale nominative plural
- Totals genitive singular
- Totalen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce total?
- /toˈtaːl/
- [toˈtaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to total
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is total in German?
total appears 83 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).