Erfinder
German, noun/ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndɐ/
Erfinder is spelled E-R-F-I-N-D-E-R (8 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written German, the 9,876th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erfinder is a German masculine noun meaning “inventor (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der etwas erfindet”.
What does Erfinder mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinventor (male or of unspecified gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der etwas erfindet
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 Erfinder
- Erfinders genitive
- Erfinderin feminine
- Erfindern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Erfinder?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndɐ/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Erfinder
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Erfinder in German?
Erfinder appears 6.6 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).