fassende

[ˈfasn̩də]

/[ˈfasn̩də]/ adj

The verdict

“fassende” is uncommon German (frequency #71,319 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,319
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fassend

Corpus desk

Index DE-fassende · fassende · German

fassende · rank #71,319 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,319
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Farne

Nearest frequency peer: Farne (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „fassende“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „fassende“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fassende
PropertyValue
Headwordfassende
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈfasn̩də]
Letters8
Frequency rank#71,319
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „fassende“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).fassendefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Farne“ (#71,318), „Fanatikern“ (#71,317), „Fehltritte“ (#71,321). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fassende“ bei #71,319. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fassende is uncommon German at frequency #71,319 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfasn̩də]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

fassende has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is fassende, spelled F-A-S-S-E-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fassend
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fassend
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fassend
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fassend
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fassend
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fassend
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fassend
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fassend
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fassend

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fassende"?
"fassende" is spelled F-A-S-S-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfasn̩də].
What does "fassende" mean?
As an adjective, "fassende" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fassend
How do you pronounce "fassende"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fassende" is [ˈfasn̩də]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fassende", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list