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Fan

German, noun[fɛn]

Fan is a German masculine noun meaning “fan, devotee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “begeisterter Anhänger von etwas oder jemandem”.

What does Fan mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinefan, devotee

    ein riesiger Fan

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. begeisterter Anhänger von etwas oder jemandem 2. vorderer Teil eines Strahltriebwerks

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 Fan

  • Fans genitive
  • Fanin feminine rare

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Fan?

  • [fɛn]
  • [fæn]
  • [fæːn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Fan

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Fan in German?

Fan appears 39 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).