Fehlbildung
German, noun[ˈfeːlˌbɪldʊŋ]
Fehlbildung is spelled F-E-H-L-B-I-L-D-U-N-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fehlbildung is a German feminine noun meaning “malformation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine vorgeburtlich entstandene oder angelegte Fehlgestaltung eines Organs”.
What does Fehlbildung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemalformation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine vorgeburtlich entstandene oder angelegte Fehlgestaltung eines Organs
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 Fehlbildung
- Fehlbildungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fehlbildung?
- [ˈfeːlˌbɪldʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Fehlbildung in German?
Fehlbildung appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).