unerlässlich
German, adjective[ˌʊnʔɛɐ̯ˈlɛslɪç]
unerlässlich is spelled U-N-E-R-L-Ä-S-S-L-I-C-H (12 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 17,258th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unerlässlich is a German adjective meaning “requisite, necessary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass auf etwas nicht verzichtet werden kann”.
What does unerlässlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
requisite, necessary
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 unerlässlich
- unerlässlicher masculine nominative singular
- am unerlässlichsten superlative
- unerlässliche feminine nominative singular
- unerlässliches neuter nominative singular
- unerlässlichen genitive masculine singular
- unerlässlichem dative masculine singular
- der unerlässliche definite includes-article masculine
- die unerlässliche definite feminine includes-article
- das unerlässliche definite includes-article neuter
- die unerlässlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des unerlässlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der unerlässlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem unerlässlichen dative definite includes-article
- unerläßlich obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unerlässlich?
- [ˌʊnʔɛɐ̯ˈlɛslɪç]
- [ˈʊnʔɛɐ̯ˌlɛslɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is unerlässlich in German?
unerlässlich appears 3.2 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).