Fieber
German, noun
Fieber is spelled F-I-E-B-E-R (6 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,816th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fieber is a German neuter noun meaning “fever (heightened body temperature)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, fieber is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Erhöhung der Körpertemperatur im Krankheitsfall; Schutzreaktion des Körpers, um Krankheitserreger abzutöten”.
What does Fieber mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterfever (heightened body temperature)
Paul ist krank, er hat Fieber.
- 2
neutervigour, confidence
- 3
neuterfever, bug (obsession for an activity)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Erhöhung der Körpertemperatur im Krankheitsfall; Schutzreaktion des Körpers, um Krankheitserreger abzutöten 2. Erregung, Anspannung
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 Fieber
- Fiebers genitive
- Fiebern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Fieber
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fieber in German?
Fieber appears 13 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).