universal
German, adjective/univɛʁˈzaːl/
universal is spelled U-N-I-V-E-R-S-A-L (9 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written German, the 10,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Universal is a German adjective meaning “universal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “überall vorkommend”.
What does universal mean in English?
adjective
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universal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. überall vorkommend 2. vielseitig, umfassend
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 universal
- universaler masculine nominative singular
- am universalsten superlative
- universale feminine nominative singular
- universales neuter nominative singular
- universalen genitive masculine singular
- universalem dative masculine singular
- der universale definite includes-article masculine
- die universale definite feminine includes-article
- das universale definite includes-article neuter
- die universalen definite includes-article nominative
- des universalen definite genitive includes-article
- der universalen definite feminine genitive
- dem universalen dative definite includes-article
- universell variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce universal?
- /univɛʁˈzaːl/
- [univɛʁˈzaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to universal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is universal in German?
universal appears 6.2 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).