Akt
German, noun
Akt is spelled A-K-T (3 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,161st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Akt is a German masculine noun meaning “act, deed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, akt. is a different word: “short for aktuell”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Handlung oder ein Vorgang”.
What does Akt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineact, deed
- 2
masculineact
- 3
masculinenude; artwork of a naked person
noun
- 1
Austriamasculinefile (collection of papers)
adverb
- 1
short for aktuell
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. aktiv 2. aktuell
noun: 1. eine Handlung oder ein Vorgang 2. eine Feierlichkeit, Zeremonie (dem Akt der Einweihung beiwohnen) 3. künstlerische Darstellung eines nackten menschlichen Körpers 4. Darbietung, Nummer im Zirkus oder Varieté
noun: 1. Vieh- oder Fußweg, der schräg an der Seite eines Deiches hinab- oder hinaufführt
noun: 1. Akte
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 Akt
- Aktes genitive
- Akts genitive
- Akte plural
- Akten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Akt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Akt in German?
Akt appears 14 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).