Faktorei
German, noun/faktoˈʁaɪ̯/
Faktorei is spelled F-A-K-T-O-R-E-I (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faktorei is a German feminine noun meaning “trading post” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “überseeische Handelsniederlassung in der Kolonialzeit”.
What does Faktorei mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetrading post
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. überseeische Handelsniederlassung in der Kolonialzeit
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 Faktorei
- Faktoreien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Faktorei?
- /faktoˈʁaɪ̯/
- [faktoˈʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Faktorei in German?
Faktorei appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).