Eifer
German, noun/ˈaɪ̯fər/
Eifer is spelled E-I-F-E-R (5 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 17,258th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eifer is a German masculine noun meaning “zeal, eagerness, alacrity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ernsthaftes Bemühen, Verfolgen eines Ziels”.
What does Eifer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezeal, eagerness, alacrity
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ernsthaftes Bemühen, Verfolgen eines Ziels 2. Begeisterung für eine Sache 3. aufgeregte Eile
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 Eifer
- Eifers genitive
- Eiver alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Eifer?
- /ˈaɪ̯fər/
- [ˈʔaɪ̯.fɐ]
- [ˈaɪ̯fɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Eifer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Eifer in German?
Eifer appears 3.2 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).