feige
German, adjective
feige is spelled F-E-I-G-E (5 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written German, the 11,404th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Feige is a German adjective meaning “cowardly, yellow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Feige is a different word: “fig”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Mut, sich von Angst vor Gefahr leiten lassen”.
What does feige mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cowardly, yellow
adverb
- 1
cowardly
Er hat sich feige vor der Auseinandersetzung gedrückt.
noun
- 1
femininefig
- 2
femininerarevulgarvulva
noun
- 1
femininerarefemale equivalent of Feiger: cowardly woman
noun
- 1
masculinestrong nominative/accusative plural
- 2
masculineweak nominative singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. essbare, süße, fleischige Frucht des Feigenbaums 2. tropischer Baum oder Strauch aus der Gattung Ficus in der Familie der Maulbeergewächse 3. Vertreter der Gattung Ficus
adjective: 1. ohne Mut, sich von Angst vor Gefahr leiten lassen 2. gemein, hinterhältig
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 feige
- Feigen plural
- feiger masculine nominative singular
- am feigsten superlative
- feiges neuter nominative singular
- feigen genitive masculine singular
- feigem dative masculine singular
- der feige definite includes-article masculine
- die feige definite feminine includes-article
- das feige definite includes-article neuter
- die feigen definite includes-article nominative
- des feigen definite genitive includes-article
- der feigen definite feminine genitive
- dem feigen dative definite includes-article
- feig variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to feige
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is feige in German?
feige appears 5.5 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).