feil
German, adjective[faɪ̯l]
feil is spelled F-E-I-L (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 50,363rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Feil is a German adjective meaning “venal, capable of being bribed or prostituted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a singular imperative of feilen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “käuflich zu erwerben”.
What does feil mean in English?
adjective
- 1
derogatoryvenal, capable of being bribed or prostituted
feile Knechte
- 2
datedfor sale, vendible, purchasable (now at most predicatively with sein, stehen, and in the compounds below)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of feilen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of feilen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. käuflich zu erwerben 2. zum Verkauf stehend
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 feil
- feiler masculine nominative singular
- feile feminine nominative singular
- feiles neuter nominative singular
- feilen genitive masculine singular
- feilem dative masculine singular
- der feile definite includes-article masculine
- die feile definite feminine includes-article
- das feile definite includes-article neuter
- die feilen definite includes-article nominative
- des feilen definite genitive includes-article
- der feilen definite feminine genitive
- dem feilen dative definite includes-article
- den feilen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce feil?
- [faɪ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to feil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is feil in German?
feil 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).