elfte
German, adjective/ɛlftə/
elfte is spelled E-L-F-T-E (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,977th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elfte is a German adjective meaning “eleventh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does elfte mean in English?
adjective
- 1
eleventh
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
number: 1. nach dem beziehungsweise der zehnten kommend; dem zwölften vorausgehend
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 elfte
- elfter masculine nominative singular
- elftes neuter nominative singular
- elften genitive masculine singular
- elftem dative masculine singular
- der elfte definite includes-article masculine
- die elfte definite feminine includes-article
- das elfte definite includes-article neuter
- die elften definite includes-article nominative
- des elften definite genitive includes-article
- der elften definite feminine genitive
- dem elften dative definite includes-article
- den elften dative definite includes-article
- ein elfter includes-article indefinite masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce elfte?
- /ɛlftə/
- [ˈɛlftə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to elfte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is elfte in German?
elfte appears 1.4 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).