Fertigkeit
German, noun[ˈfɛʁtɪçkaɪ̯t]
Fertigkeit is spelled F-E-R-T-I-G-K-E-I-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,036th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fertigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “skill, proficiency, facility, dexterity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(erworbene) Fähigkeit, etwas Bestimmtes zu können”.
What does Fertigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineskill, proficiency, facility, dexterity
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (erworbene) Fähigkeit, etwas Bestimmtes zu können
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 Fertigkeit
- Fertigkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fertigkeit?
- [ˈfɛʁtɪçkaɪ̯t]
- [ˈfɛʁtɪkkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Fertigkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fertigkeit in German?
Fertigkeit 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).