fahl
German, adjective/faːl/
fahl is spelled F-A-H-L (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fahl is a German adjective meaning “pale; faint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(auf nicht schöne Weise) ohne kräftige Farbe, farbenarm, blass, fast farblos”.
What does fahl mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pale; faint
- 2
sallow; pale (discoloured due to sickness, shock, etc.)
- 3
pale; dun-coloured
- 4
obsoletefair; blond
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. (auf nicht schöne Weise) ohne kräftige Farbe, farbenarm, blass, fast farblos 2. nicht hell, schwach erhellt, trüb 3. kaum Kraft habend, schwach, wie tot 4. leicht übel, schwindelig
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 fahl
- fahler masculine nominative singular
- am fahlsten superlative
- fahle feminine nominative singular
- fahles neuter nominative singular
- fahlen genitive masculine singular
- fahlem dative masculine singular
- der fahle definite includes-article masculine
- die fahle definite feminine includes-article
- das fahle definite includes-article neuter
- die fahlen definite includes-article nominative
- des fahlen definite genitive includes-article
- der fahlen definite feminine genitive
- dem fahlen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fahl?
- /faːl/
- [faːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fahl
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fahl in German?
fahl 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).