Fauxpas
German, noun/foˈpaː/
Fauxpas is spelled F-A-U-X-P-A-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fauxpas is a German masculine noun meaning “faux pas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Verstoß gegen Verhaltenskonventionen”.
What does Fauxpas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefaux pas
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verstoß gegen Verhaltenskonventionen
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 Fauxpas?
- /foˈpaː/
- /foˈpa(h)/
- plural /foˈpaːs/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Fauxpas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fauxpas in German?
Fauxpas appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).