feist

[faɪ̯st]

/[faɪ̯st]/ adj

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The verdict

“feist” is uncommon German (frequency #61,491 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,491
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (auf unangenehme Weise) wohlgenährt

Corpus desk

Index DE-feist · feist · German

feist · rank #61,491 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,491
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH feinere

Nearest frequency peer: feinere (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „feist“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „feist“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for feist
PropertyValue
Headwordfeist
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[faɪ̯st]
Letters5
Frequency rank#61,491
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „feist“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.feistfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „feinere“ (#61,490), „Feldarbeit“ (#61,492), „Fernsehsenders“ (#61,493). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „feist“ bei #61,491. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

feist is uncommon German at frequency #61,491 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [faɪ̯st]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(auf unangenehme Weise) wohlgenährt".

feist has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is feist, spelled F-E-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    (auf unangenehme Weise) wohlgenährt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how feist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er ist ein feister Mann.
  2. Er hat ein feistes Gesicht.

Synonyms

fettfettleibigdickaufgedunsenbeleibtdrallfleischigfülligkorpulentkugeligmächtigmassigmolligspeckig

Antonyms

dünnrankschlank

This word in other languages

adipose(English)gordo(Español)gras(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "feist"?
"feist" is spelled F-E-I-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [faɪ̯st].
What does "feist" mean?
As an adjective, "feist" means: (auf unangenehme Weise) wohlgenährt
How do you pronounce "feist"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "feist" is [faɪ̯st]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "feist" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "feist", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

goose#61,564Gören#61,579bürgt#61,382brumm#61,375

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list