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Faktotum

German, noun/fakˈtoːtʊm/

Faktotum is spelled F-A-K-T-O-T-U-M (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faktotum is a German neuter noun meaning “factotum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein langjähriger Angestellter in einem Betrieb, einem Haushalt oder Ähnlichem, der sämtliche Arbeiten erledigt”.

What does Faktotum mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    datedneuterfactotum

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ein langjähriger Angestellter in einem Betrieb, einem Haushalt oder Ähnlichem, der sämtliche Arbeiten erledigt 2. eine ältere Person, die als schrullig oder seltsam und gleichzeitig als liebenswert wahrgenommen wird

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 Faktotum

  • Faktotums genitive
  • Faktoten plural
  • Factotum alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Faktotum?

  • /fakˈtoːtʊm/
  • [fakˈtoːtʊm]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Faktotum

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Faktotum in German?

Faktotum 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).

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