fast
German, adverb/fast/
fast is spelled F-A-S-T (4 letters) and appears 380 times per million words in written German, the 242nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fast is a German adverb meaning “almost; nearly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a second/third-person singular present of fasen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht ganz”.
What does fast mean in English?
adverb
- 1
almost; nearly
Fast 60 Spielfilme sind zu sehen.
- 2
hardly
- 3
obsoleteextremely, very much
verb
- 1
second/third-person singular present
- 2
second-person plural present
- 3
plural imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. nicht ganz
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce fast?
- /fast/
- /faʃt/
- /faːst/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fast
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fast in German?
fast appears 380 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).