Falter
German, noun/ˈfaltɐ/
Falter is spelled F-A-L-T-E-R (6 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written German, the 13,799th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Falter is a German masculine noun meaning “A lepidopteran; an insect of the order Lepidoptera (i.e., a butterfly or moth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vertreter einer artenreichen Ordnung der Insekten”.
What does Falter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineA lepidopteran; an insect of the order Lepidoptera (i.e., a butterfly or moth)
- 2
masculineimago of an insect of the order Lepidoptera
noun
- 1
Austriamasculineleaflet, folder
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vertreter einer artenreichen Ordnung der Insekten 2. kleines Schriftstück auf einem mindestens einmal gefalteten (zusammenklappbaren) Stück Papier mit Informationen oder Werbung
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 Falter
- Falters genitive
- Faltern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Falter?
- /ˈfaltɐ/
- [ˈfaltɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Falter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Falter in German?
Falter appears 4.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).