Faden
German, noun
Faden is spelled F-A-D-E-N (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faden is a German masculine noun meaning “yarn, thread” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Fäden is a different word: “plural of Faden”. In lower case, faden is a different word: “strong genitive masculine/neuter singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Balken, der quer über das Wappen gezogen wird”.
What does Faden mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineyarn, thread
der rote Faden
- 2
masculinefathom
- 3
masculinesuture
die Fäden ziehen
noun
- 1
plural of Faden
adjective
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Balken, der quer über das Wappen gezogen wird 2. eine Längeneinheit zur Angabe der Wassertiefe 3. Material zum Befestigen der gebogenen Fruchtrute 4. Material zum Befestigen des jungen Triebs
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 Faden
- Fadens genitive
- Fäden plural
- Fädchen diminutive neuter
- fm abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Faden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Faden in German?
Faden appears 11 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).