bissfest
German, adjective/ˈbɪsˌfɛst/
bissfest is spelled B-I-S-S-F-E-S-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 161,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bissfest is a German adjective meaning “al dente” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so gegart, dass der Kern der Lebensmittel (z. B. Nudeln, Gemüse) noch nicht ganz weich ist”.
What does bissfest mean in English?
adjective
- 1
al dente
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so gegart, dass der Kern der Lebensmittel (z. B. Nudeln, Gemüse) noch nicht ganz weich ist
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 bissfest
- bissfester masculine nominative singular
- am bissfestesten superlative
- bissfeste feminine nominative singular
- bissfestes neuter nominative singular
- bissfesten genitive masculine singular
- bissfestem dative masculine singular
- der bissfeste definite includes-article masculine
- die bissfeste definite feminine includes-article
- das bissfeste definite includes-article neuter
- die bissfesten definite includes-article nominative
- des bissfesten definite genitive includes-article
- der bissfesten definite feminine genitive
- dem bissfesten dative definite includes-article
- bißfest obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bissfest?
- /ˈbɪsˌfɛst/
- [ˈbɪsˌfɛst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bissfest in German?
bissfest appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).