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variant

German[vaʁiˈant]

variant is a German adjective. The German Wiktionary defines it as “bei bestimmten Vorgängen, unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen veränderlich”; the English Wiktionary has no entry for it yet.

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. bei bestimmten Vorgängen, unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen veränderlich

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 variant

  • varianter comparative
  • am variantesten superlative
  • variante positive nominative strong
  • variantes positive nominative strong
  • varianten positive genitive strong
  • variantem positive dative strong

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce variant?

  • [vaʁiˈant]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is variant in German?

variant appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).