fade
German, adjective/ˈfaːdə/
fade is spelled F-A-D-E (4 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 37,432nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fade is a German adjective meaning “bland, flavorless, stale, boring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne oder mit nur wenig Geschmack”.
What does fade mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bland, flavorless, stale, boring
- 2
flat (of carbonated beverages)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne oder mit nur wenig Geschmack 2. ohne viel Farbe, viel Form oder etwas anderes Interessantes 3. ohne Abwechslung und dadurch langweilig
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 fade
- fader masculine nominative singular
- am fadesten superlative
- am fadsten superlative
- fades neuter nominative singular
- faden genitive masculine singular
- fadem dative masculine singular
- der fade definite includes-article masculine
- die fade definite feminine includes-article
- das fade definite includes-article neuter
- die faden definite includes-article nominative
- des faden definite genitive includes-article
- der faden definite feminine genitive
- dem faden dative definite includes-article
- den faden dative definite includes-article
- fad variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fade?
- /ˈfaːdə/
- [ˈfaːdə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fade in German?
fade appears 1.1 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).