Variable
German, noun/vaʁiˈaːblə/
Variable is spelled V-A-R-I-A-B-L-E (8 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written German, the 15,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Variable is a German feminine noun meaning “variable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Platzhalter für Unbekannte/Unbestimmte/Veränderliche in Formulierungen oder Formeln der Mathematik…”.
What does Variable mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevariable
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Platzhalter für Unbekannte/Unbestimmte/Veränderliche in Formulierungen oder Formeln der Mathematik; Rechengröße, die unterschiedliche Werte annehmen kann 2. Bezeichnung eines Speicherplatzes, der verschiedene Werte aufnehmen 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 Variable
- die Variable definite nominative
- Variabler genitive
- der Variablen definite genitive
- die Variablen definite plural
- Variablen plural
- den Variablen dative plural
- eine Variable nominative singular
- keine Variablen nominative plural
- einer Variablen genitive singular
- keiner Variablen genitive plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Variable?
- /vaʁiˈaːblə/
- [vaˈʁi̯aːblə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Variable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Variable in German?
Variable appears 3.6 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).