festfahren
[ˈfɛstˌfaːʁən]
The verdict
“festfahren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einem Fahrzeug in weichem Boden stecken bleiben, so dass man durch Anfahren nicht mehr vorwärtskommt
Corpus desk
Index DE-festfahren · festfahren · German
festfahren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | festfahren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɛstˌfaːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „festfahren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
festfahren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɛstˌfaːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for festfahren in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is festfahren, spelled F-E-S-T-F-A-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit einem Fahrzeug in weichem Boden stecken bleiben, so dass man durch Anfahren nicht mehr vorwärtskommt
- 2festhängen; nicht mehr weiterkommen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how festfahren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir hatten uns im Acker festgefahren, aber ein Anwohner zog uns mit seinem Traktor heraus.
Der Präsident hatte sich in der Krise festgefahren.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.