vielversprechend
German, adjective/ˈfiːlferˌʃprɛçənt/
vielversprechend is spelled V-I-E-L-V-E-R-S-P-R-E-C-H-E-N-D (16 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 18,843rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vielversprechend is a German adjective meaning “promising (expected to have a positive result or future)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “hohe Erwartungen weckend”.
What does vielversprechend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
promising (expected to have a positive result or future)
vielversprechender Anfang.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. hohe Erwartungen weckend
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 vielversprechend
- vielversprechender masculine nominative singular
- mehrversprechend comparative uncommon
- am vielversprechendsten superlative
- am meistversprechenden superlative uncommon
- vielversprechende feminine nominative singular
- vielversprechendes neuter nominative singular
- vielversprechenden genitive masculine singular
- vielversprechendem dative masculine singular
- der vielversprechende definite includes-article masculine
- die vielversprechende definite feminine includes-article
- das vielversprechende definite includes-article neuter
- die vielversprechenden definite includes-article nominative
- des vielversprechenden definite genitive includes-article
- der vielversprechenden definite feminine genitive
- dem vielversprechenden dative definite includes-article
- viel versprechend alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vielversprechend?
- /ˈfiːlferˌʃprɛçənt/
- [ˈfiːl.fɐˌʃpʁɛ.çn̩t]
- [-fɛɐ̯-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vielversprechend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vielversprechend in German?
vielversprechend appears 2.8 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).