faul
German, adjective/faʊ̯l/
faul is spelled F-A-U-L (4 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,816th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faul is a German adjective meaning “foul, rotten, rancid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht mehr frisch; verrottet, verfault”.
What does faul mean in English?
adjective
- 1
foul, rotten, rancid
- 2
lazy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht mehr frisch; verrottet, verfault 2. keine Lust beziehungsweise Motivation besitzend, sich einer anstrengend erscheinenden Angelegenheit zu widmen 3. falsch, fragwürdig, verdächtig, problematisch oder nicht in Ordnung
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 faul
- fauler masculine nominative singular
- am faulsten superlative
- faule feminine nominative singular
- faules neuter nominative singular
- faulen genitive masculine singular
- faulem dative masculine singular
- der faule definite includes-article masculine
- die faule definite feminine includes-article
- das faule definite includes-article neuter
- die faulen definite includes-article nominative
- des faulen definite genitive includes-article
- der faulen definite feminine genitive
- dem faulen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faul?
- /faʊ̯l/
- [faʊ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to faul
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is faul in German?
faul appears 13 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).