wesentlich
German, adjective/ˈveːzəntlɪç/
wesentlich is spelled W-E-S-E-N-T-L-I-C-H (10 letters) and appears 55 times per million words in written German, the 1,550th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wesentlich is a German adjective meaning “essential (concerning the essence or true nature of something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den größten Anteil ausmachend”.
What does wesentlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
essential (concerning the essence or true nature of something)
- 2
crucial, principal, significant (of fundamental importance)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. den größten Anteil ausmachend 2. den wirklichen Kern, das Wesen (einer Sache) betreffend 3. sehr, um ein Vielfaches des Angesprochenen
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 wesentlich
- wesentlicher masculine nominative singular
- am wesentlichsten superlative
- wesentliche feminine nominative singular
- wesentliches neuter nominative singular
- wesentlichen genitive masculine singular
- wesentlichem dative masculine singular
- der wesentliche definite includes-article masculine
- die wesentliche definite feminine includes-article
- das wesentliche definite includes-article neuter
- die wesentlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des wesentlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der wesentlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem wesentlichen dative definite includes-article
- wesenlich variant archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wesentlich?
- /ˈveːzəntlɪç/
- [ˈveːzn̩tlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wesentlich
- basic
- critical
- essential
- significantly
- principal
- substantial
- considerably
- substantially
- imperative
- pertinent
- salient
- intrinsically
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wesentlich in German?
wesentlich appears 55 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).