Ferment
German, noun[fɛʁˈmɛnt]
Ferment is spelled F-E-R-M-E-N-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 241,486th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ferment is a German neuter noun meaning “enzyme, ferment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Substanz, die im pflanzlichen, tierischen und menschlichen Organismus gebildet wird und bestimmte chemische…”.
What does Ferment mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedneuterrareenzyme, ferment
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Substanz, die im pflanzlichen, tierischen und menschlichen Organismus gebildet wird und bestimmte chemische Umwandlungen im Körper beschleunigt 2. vorwärtstreibendes, beschleunigendes, gärendes Element
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 Ferment
- Fermentes genitive
- Ferments genitive
- Fermente plural
- Fermenten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ferment?
- [fɛʁˈmɛnt]
- [fɛɐ̯ˈmɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ferment
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ferment in German?
Ferment appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).