fad
German, adjective/faːt/
fad is a German adjective meaning “vapid, flavourless, bland” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “geschmacklos, wässrig”.
What does fad mean in English?
adjective
- 1
vapid, flavourless, bland
Das Essen schmeckt fad.
- 2
boring, bored
Das war ein fader Film.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. geschmacklos, wässrig 2. langweilig
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 fad
- fader masculine nominative singular
- am fadesten superlative
- am fadsten superlative
- fade feminine nominative singular
- fades neuter nominative singular
- faden genitive masculine singular
- fadem dative masculine singular
- der fade definite includes-article masculine
- die fade definite feminine includes-article
- das fade definite includes-article neuter
- die faden definite includes-article nominative
- des faden definite genitive includes-article
- der faden definite feminine genitive
- dem faden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fad?
- /faːt/
- [faːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fad
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fad in German?
fad appears 1.1 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).