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f

German, noun

f is spelled F (one letter) and appears 123 times per million words in written German, the 707th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). F is a German neuter noun meaning “alternative letter-case form of F” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, F is a different word: “F”. On this page, f. is a different word: “abbreviation of für”. On this page, F+ is a different word: “abbreviation of Freundschaft plus”.

What does f mean in English?

letter

  1. 1

    neuterThe sixth letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script.

noun

  1. 1

    neuteralternative letter-case form of F

letter

as F
  1. 1

    neuterThe sixth letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script.

noun

as F
  1. 1

    neuterF

noun

as f.
  1. 1

    abbreviation of Femininum

adjective

as f.
  1. 1

    abbreviation of feminin

  2. 2

    abbreviation of folgende (singular) (“following”, “subsequent”); akin to English f., et seq.. Compare ff.

preposition

as f.
  1. 1

    abbreviation of für

noun

as F+
  1. 1

    feminineslangabbreviation of Freundschaft plus

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

letter: 1. sechster Buchstabe des lateinischen Alphabets 2. Tonbezeichnung (fa in C-Dur)

abbreviation: 1. Tonartbezeichnung, kurz für F-Dur 2. Elementsymbol für Fluor (Chemie) 3. Einheitssymbol für Grad Fahrenheit 4. Einheitensymbol für Farad

abbreviation: 1. feminin (beim Stichwort) 2. folgende [Seite] 3. für 4. fecit (bei Kunstwerken, ... hat es erschaffen)

abbreviation: 1. Einheitenzeichen der Temperatur innerhalb des angloamerikanischen Maßsystems, Abkürzung von „Grad Fahrenheit“

letter: 1. Minuskel des 6. Buchstaben des lateinischen Alphabets

abbreviation: 1. Fach 2. Fahndung 3. Fähre 4. Fahrer

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 f

  • F uppercase
  • fs plural
  • f lowercase
  • Fs plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to f

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is f in German?

f appears 123 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).

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