transparent
German, adjective
transparent is spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-A-R-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written German, the 9,700th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Transparent is a German adjective meaning “translucent (allowing light to pass through)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Transparent is a different word: “banner”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “so dass man hindurchschauen kann; durchscheinend, durchsichtig”.
What does transparent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
translucent (allowing light to pass through)
- 2
fully transparent; see-through
- 3
transparent
noun
- 1
neuterbanner
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so dass man hindurchschauen kann; durchscheinend, durchsichtig 2. so dass alles offenliegt und leicht verständlich ist; durchschaubar
noun: 1. breites Band aus Stoff oder Papier, auf dem eine Botschaft oder Forderung steht, das bei Demonstrationen oder anderen Massenveranstaltungen benutzt wird, um Aufmerksamkeit zu erreichen
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 transparent
- transparenter masculine nominative singular
- am transparentesten superlative
- transparente feminine nominative singular
- transparentes neuter nominative singular
- transparenten genitive masculine singular
- transparentem dative masculine singular
- der transparente definite includes-article masculine
- die transparente definite feminine includes-article
- das transparente definite includes-article neuter
- die transparenten definite includes-article nominative
- des transparenten definite genitive includes-article
- der transparenten definite feminine genitive
- dem transparenten dative definite includes-article
- Transparente nominative plural
- Transparents genitive singular
- Transparentes genitive singular
- Transparenten dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to transparent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is transparent in German?
transparent appears 6.8 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).