bildhaft
German, adjective[ˈbɪlthaft]
bildhaft is spelled B-I-L-D-H-A-F-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 68,093rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bildhaft is a German adjective meaning “pictorial, graphic, iconic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich so ausdrücken oder so denken, dass ein Bild vor den Augen des Hörers oder Denkenden entsteht”.
What does bildhaft mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pictorial, graphic, iconic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sich so ausdrücken oder so denken, dass ein Bild vor den Augen des Hörers oder Denkenden entsteht
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 bildhaft
- bildhafter masculine nominative singular
- am bildhaftesten superlative
- bildhafte feminine nominative singular
- bildhaftes neuter nominative singular
- bildhaften genitive masculine singular
- bildhaftem dative masculine singular
- der bildhafte definite includes-article masculine
- die bildhafte definite feminine includes-article
- das bildhafte definite includes-article neuter
- die bildhaften definite includes-article nominative
- des bildhaften definite genitive includes-article
- der bildhaften definite feminine genitive
- dem bildhaften dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bildhaft?
- [ˈbɪlthaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bildhaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bildhaft in German?
bildhaft 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).