Artefakt
German, noun/aʁtəˈfakt/
Artefakt is spelled A-R-T-E-F-A-K-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 42,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Artefakt is a German neuter noun meaning “artifact” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein durch menschliche oder technische Einwirkung entstandenes Produkt oder Phänomen, in Abgrenzung zum…”.
What does Artefakt mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterartifact
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein durch menschliche oder technische Einwirkung entstandenes Produkt oder Phänomen, in Abgrenzung zum unbeeinflussten oder natürlichen Phänomen 2. eine Besonderheit in einem Präparat, die ursächlich auf die Präparationsmethode zurückzuführen ist und damit wissenschaftlich keinen allzu hohen Wert besitzt
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 Artefakt
- Artefakts genitive
- Artefakte plural
- Artefaktes genitive singular
- Artefakten dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Artefakt?
- /aʁtəˈfakt/
- [aʁtəˈfakt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Artefakt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Artefakt in German?
Artefakt appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).