vernünftig
German, adjective/fɛɐ̯ˈnʏnftɪç/
vernünftig is spelled V-E-R-N-Ü-N-F-T-I-G (10 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,583rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vernünftig is a German adjective meaning “reasonable, sensible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “seinen Verstand (die Vernunft) gebrauchend, statt sich von Emotionen leiten zu lassen”.
What does vernünftig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
reasonable, sensible
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. seinen Verstand (die Vernunft) gebrauchend, statt sich von Emotionen leiten zu lassen 2. gut oder angemessen handelnd, einsichtig sein und somit die Konsequenzen einer Handlung beachtend 3. gut, vollwertig
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 vernünftig
- vernünftiger masculine nominative singular
- am vernünftigsten superlative
- vernünftige feminine nominative singular
- vernünftiges neuter nominative singular
- vernünftigen genitive masculine singular
- vernünftigem dative masculine singular
- der vernünftige definite includes-article masculine
- die vernünftige definite feminine includes-article
- das vernünftige definite includes-article neuter
- die vernünftigen definite includes-article nominative
- des vernünftigen definite genitive includes-article
- der vernünftigen definite feminine genitive
- dem vernünftigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vernünftig?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈnʏnftɪç/
- /fɛɐ̯ˈnʏnftɪk/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈnʏnftɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vernünftig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vernünftig in German?
vernünftig appears 13 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).