vermeintlich
German, adjective/fɛɐ̯ˈmaɪ̯ntlɪç/
vermeintlich is spelled V-E-R-M-E-I-N-T-L-I-C-H (12 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written German, the 8,191st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vermeintlich is a German adjective meaning “supposed, alleged” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(irrtümlich, zu Unrecht) angenommen”.
What does vermeintlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
supposed, alleged
- 2
imaginary
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. (irrtümlich, zu Unrecht) angenommen
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 vermeintlich
- vermeintlicher masculine nominative singular
- vermeintliche feminine nominative singular
- vermeintliches neuter nominative singular
- vermeintlichen genitive masculine singular
- vermeintlichem dative masculine singular
- der vermeintliche definite includes-article masculine
- die vermeintliche definite feminine includes-article
- das vermeintliche definite includes-article neuter
- die vermeintlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des vermeintlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der vermeintlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem vermeintlichen dative definite includes-article
- den vermeintlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vermeintlich?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈmaɪ̯ntlɪç/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈmaɪ̯ntlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vermeintlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vermeintlich in German?
vermeintlich appears 8.3 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).