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Akte

German, noun/ˈaktə/

Akte is spelled A-K-T-E (4 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written German, the 8,529th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Akte is a German feminine noun meaning “file (collection of papers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Akt. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sammlung von Aufzeichnungen, die inhaltlich zusammengehören”.

What does Akte mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefile (collection of papers)

noun

  1. 1

    nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Akt

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Sammlung von Aufzeichnungen, die inhaltlich zusammengehören 2. amtliche Aufzeichnung

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 Akte

  • Akten plural
  • z. d. A. abbreviation

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

How do you pronounce Akte?

  • Germany /ˈaktə/
  • Austria /ˈaktɛ/
  • [ˈaktə]

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

English words that translate to Akte

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

How common is Akte in German?

Akte appears 7.9 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).

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