fahlen

/[ˈfaːlən]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#92,872

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

fahlen is anGermanadj. It means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fahl Pronounced [ˈfaːlən].

Key facts for fahlen
PropertyValue
Headwordfahlen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈfaːlən]
Letters6
Frequency rank#92,872
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of fahlen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for fahlen is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfaːlən]. Corpus data places it at rank #92,872 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for fahlen in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is fahlen, spelled F-A-H-L-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fahl
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fahl
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fahl
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fahl
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fahl
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fahl
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fahl
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fahl
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fahl
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fahl
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fahl
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fahl

Frequency rank: #92,872 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fahlen"?
"fahlen" is spelled F-A-H-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaːlən].
What does "fahlen" mean?
As an adj, "fahlen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fahl
How do you pronounce "fahlen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fahlen" is [ˈfaːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fahlen" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.