Fantasterei
German, noun[fantastəˈʁaɪ̯]
Fantasterei is a German feminine noun meaning “pipe dream” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, das jemand sich wirklichkeitsfremd ausgedacht hat”.
What does Fantasterei mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepipe dream
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas, das jemand sich wirklichkeitsfremd ausgedacht hat
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 Fantasterei
- Fantastereien plural
- Phantasterei alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fantasterei?
- [fantastəˈʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Fantasterei in German?
Fantasterei appears about once in every 60 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).