fighten
German, verb/ˈfaɪ̯tn̩/
fighten is spelled F-I-G-H-T-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 222,832nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fighten is a German verb meaning “to fight ferociously” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(hart, erbittert, verbissen) kämpfen, sich sehr für eine Sache einsetzen”.
What does fighten mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto fight ferociously
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (hart, erbittert, verbissen) kämpfen, sich sehr für eine Sache einsetzen 2. offensiv den Kampf und den Abtausch von Schlägen suchen
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 fighten
- fightet present singular third-person
- fightete past
- gefightet participle past
- gefighted participle past proscribed
- haben auxiliary
- fightend participle present
- fighte first-person indicative present
- fightest indicative present second-person
- fighteten first-person indicative plural
- fightetest indicative preterite second-person
- fightetet indicative plural preterite
- fight imperative second-person singular
- habe gefightet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- fighte! imperative singular
- fightet! imperative plural
- gefightet haben active infinitive perfect
- zu fighten active extended infinitive
- gefightet zu haben active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fighten?
- /ˈfaɪ̯tn̩/
- [ˈfaɪ̯tn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fighten in German?
fighten appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).