achtern
German, adverb/ˈaxtɐn/
achtern is spelled A-C-H-T-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 61,377th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Achtern is a German adverb meaning “abaft (in the back of the ship)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “hinten bei einem Seefahrzeug”.
What does achtern mean in English?
adverb
- 1
abaft (in the back of the ship)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. hinten bei einem Seefahrzeug
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce achtern?
- /ˈaxtɐn/
- [ˈaχtɐn]
- [ˈaxtɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to achtern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is achtern in German?
achtern appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).