Foto
German, noun/ˈfoːto/
Foto is a German neuter noun meaning “photograph (picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Hilfe eines Fotoapparates erzeugtes Bild – Kurzform für Fotografie”.
What does Foto mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterphotograph (picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface)
ein Foto machen.
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinecamera (device for making still pictures)
prefix
- 1
photo-
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mit Hilfe eines Fotoapparates erzeugtes Bild – Kurzform für Fotografie
noun: 1. Fotoapparat
prefix: 1. Licht
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 Foto
- Fotos genitive
- Photo alternative obsolete
- photo- alternative
- fot- alternative before-vowel
- phot- alternative before-vowel
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Foto?
- /ˈfoːto/
- [(ˈ)fo(ː)to]
- [ˈfoːto]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Foto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Foto in German?
Foto appears 105 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).