feind
German, adjective
feind is spelled F-E-I-N-D (5 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written German, the 3,577th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Feind is a German adjective meaning “enemy; hostile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Feind is a different word: “enemy, fiend, foe (male or of unspecified gender)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “feindlich gegenüber jemandem/etwas gesinnt, Abneigung gegenüber jemandem/etwas hegend”.
What does feind mean in English?
adjective
- 1
enemy; hostile
noun
- 1
masculineenemy, fiend, foe (male or of unspecified gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person oder Gruppe mit besonders negativer Beziehung zu einer anderen
adjective: 1. feindlich gegenüber jemandem/etwas gesinnt, Abneigung gegenüber jemandem/etwas hegend
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 feind
- Feindes genitive
- Feinds genitive
- Feinde plural
- Feindin feminine
- Feinden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to feind
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is feind in German?
feind appears 22 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).