Falte
German, noun
Falte is spelled F-A-L-T-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 40,460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Falte is a German feminine noun meaning “fold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, falte is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “längliche Unebenheit in ebenen, glatten Oberflächen insbesondere bei textilen Stoffen, Papier, Haut und…”.
What does Falte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefold
- 2
femininewrinkle
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. längliche Unebenheit in ebenen, glatten Oberflächen insbesondere bei textilen Stoffen, Papier, Haut und Ähnlichem
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 Falte
- Falten plural
- Fältchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Falte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Falte in German?
Falte appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).