wortgetreu
German, adjective/ˈvɔʁtɡəˌtʁɔɪ̯/
wortgetreu is spelled W-O-R-T-G-E-T-R-E-U (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 165,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wortgetreu is a German adjective meaning “verbatim” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit dem Wortlaut der wiedergegebenen Äußerung übereinstimmend”.
What does wortgetreu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
verbatim
- 2
literal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit dem Wortlaut der wiedergegebenen Äußerung übereinstimmend
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 wortgetreu
- wortgetreuer masculine nominative singular
- am wortgetreuesten superlative
- am wortgetreusten superlative
- wortgetreue feminine nominative singular
- wortgetreues neuter nominative singular
- wortgetreuen genitive masculine singular
- wortgetreuem dative masculine singular
- der wortgetreue definite includes-article masculine
- die wortgetreue definite feminine includes-article
- das wortgetreue definite includes-article neuter
- die wortgetreuen definite includes-article nominative
- des wortgetreuen definite genitive includes-article
- der wortgetreuen definite feminine genitive
- dem wortgetreuen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wortgetreu?
- /ˈvɔʁtɡəˌtʁɔɪ̯/
- [ˈvɔʁtɡəˌtʁɔɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wortgetreu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wortgetreu in German?
wortgetreu appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).