Erfindergeist
German, noun/ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndɐˌɡaɪ̯st/
Erfindergeist is spelled E-R-F-I-N-D-E-R-G-E-I-S-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 113,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erfindergeist is a German masculine noun meaning “ingenuity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “persönliche Gabe oder Fähigkeit, Erfindungen machen zu können”.
What does Erfindergeist mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineingenuity
- 2
masculineinventive spirit
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. persönliche Gabe oder Fähigkeit, Erfindungen machen zu können
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 Erfindergeist
- Erfindergeistes genitive
- Erfindergeists genitive
- Erfindergeister plural
- Erfindergeiste dative singular
- Erfindergeistern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Erfindergeist?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndɐˌɡaɪ̯st/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndɐˌɡaɪ̯st]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Erfindergeist in German?
Erfindergeist appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).