faste

[ˈfastə]

/[ˈfastə]/ verb

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The verdict

“faste” is uncommon German (frequency #99,768 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,768
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fasten

Corpus desk

Index DE-faste · faste · German

faste · rank #99,768 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,768
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH famosen

Nearest frequency peer: famosen (-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 „faste“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for faste
PropertyValue
Headwordfaste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfastə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#99,768
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „faste“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.fastefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „famosen“ (#99,767), „Favelas“ (#99,769), „Familienglück“ (#99,766). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „faste“ bei #99,768. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

faste is uncommon German at frequency #99,768 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfastə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for faste, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is faste, spelled F-A-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fasten
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fasten
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fasten
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fasten

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 "faste"?
"faste" is spelled F-A-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfastə].
What does "faste" mean?
As a verb, "faste" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fasten
How do you pronounce "faste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faste" is [ˈfastə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faste" come from?
"faste" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Flaum#99,795Geeks#99,846Ebers#99,689Crocs#99,642

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list