Feinheit
German, noun[ˈfaɪ̯nhaɪ̯t]
Feinheit is spelled F-E-I-N-H-E-I-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Feinheit is a German feminine noun meaning “finesse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “feine Beschaffenheit eines Stoffes, einer Struktur”.
What does Feinheit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefinesse
- 2
femininedelicacy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. feine Beschaffenheit eines Stoffes, einer Struktur 2. kleine Einzelheiten, zum Beispiel an Kunstgegenständen 3. angebliche oder tatsächliche Vornehmheit
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 Feinheit
- Feinheiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Feinheit?
- [ˈfaɪ̯nhaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Feinheit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Feinheit in German?
Feinheit appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).