unentbehrlich
German, adjective/ˌʔʊnʔɛntˈbeːɐ̯lɪç/
unentbehrlich is spelled U-N-E-N-T-B-E-H-R-L-I-C-H (13 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 35,692nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unentbehrlich is a German adjective meaning “indispensable, essential” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass auf etwas nicht verzichtet werden kann”.
What does unentbehrlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
indispensable, essential
Near-synonym: unabkömmlich
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so, dass auf etwas nicht verzichtet werden kann
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 unentbehrlich
- unentbehrlicher masculine nominative singular
- am unentbehrlichsten superlative
- unentbehrliche feminine nominative singular
- unentbehrliches neuter nominative singular
- unentbehrlichen genitive masculine singular
- unentbehrlichem dative masculine singular
- der unentbehrliche definite includes-article masculine
- die unentbehrliche definite feminine includes-article
- das unentbehrliche definite includes-article neuter
- die unentbehrlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des unentbehrlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der unentbehrlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem unentbehrlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unentbehrlich?
- /ˌʔʊnʔɛntˈbeːɐ̯lɪç/
- [ˈʊnʔɛntˌbeːɐ̯lɪç]
- [ˌʊnʔɛntˈbeːɐ̯lɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unentbehrlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unentbehrlich in German?
unentbehrlich appears 1.1 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).