Erfindungsgabe
German, noun/ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndʊŋsˌɡaːbə/
Erfindungsgabe is spelled E-R-F-I-N-D-U-N-G-S-G-A-B-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 225,828th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erfindungsgabe is a German feminine noun meaning “inventive talent, inventive genius, imaginative genius, ingenuity, ingeniousness, imagination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “persönliche Gabe oder Fähigkeit, Erfindungen machen zu können”.
What does Erfindungsgabe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinventive talent, inventive genius, imaginative genius, ingenuity, ingeniousness, imagination
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 Erfindungsgabe
- Erfindungsgaben nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Erfindungsgabe?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndʊŋsˌɡaːbə/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndʊŋsˌɡaːbə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Erfindungsgabe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Erfindungsgabe in German?
Erfindungsgabe appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).