Fachkenntnis
German, noun/ˈfaxˌkɛntnɪs/
Fachkenntnis is spelled F-A-C-H-K-E-N-N-T-N-I-S (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fachkenntnis is a German feminine noun meaning “expertise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zuverlässiges Wissen über einen bestimmten Gegenstandsbereich, ein bestimmtes Fach/Berufsfeld”.
What does Fachkenntnis mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexpertise
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zuverlässiges Wissen über einen bestimmten Gegenstandsbereich, ein bestimmtes Fach/Berufsfeld
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 Fachkenntnis
- Fachkenntnisse plural
- Fachkenntnissen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fachkenntnis?
- /ˈfaxˌkɛntnɪs/
- [ˈfaxˌkɛntnɪs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Fachkenntnis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fachkenntnis in German?
Fachkenntnis appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).