verbal
German, adjective/vɛʁˈbaːl/
verbal is spelled V-E-R-B-A-L (6 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 17,848th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verbal is a German adjective meaning “verbal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Worten, mit Hilfe der mündlichen oder schriftlichen Sprache”.
What does verbal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
verbal
- 2
verbal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit Worten, mit Hilfe der mündlichen oder schriftlichen Sprache 2. unter Beteiligung eines Verbs, nach Art eines Verbs
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 verbal
- verbaler masculine nominative singular
- verbale feminine nominative singular
- verbales neuter nominative singular
- verbalen genitive masculine singular
- verbalem dative masculine singular
- der verbale definite includes-article masculine
- die verbale definite feminine includes-article
- das verbale definite includes-article neuter
- die verbalen definite includes-article nominative
- des verbalen definite genitive includes-article
- der verbalen definite feminine genitive
- dem verbalen dative definite includes-article
- den verbalen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verbal?
- /vɛʁˈbaːl/
- [vɛʁˈbaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verbal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verbal in German?
verbal appears 3.0 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).