Film
German, noun
Film is spelled F-I-L-M (4 letters) and appears 170 times per million words in written German, the 507th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Film is a German masculine noun meaning “film (a thin layer of some substance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, film is a different word: “singular imperative of filmen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “dünne Schicht von etwas”.
What does Film mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefilm (a thin layer of some substance)
- 2
masculinephotographic film
- 3
masculinemotion picture
verb
- 1
singular imperative of filmen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dünne Schicht von etwas 2. Material für die Fotografie von statischen Bildern 3. Abfolge von verschiedenen Bildern (heute in der Regel mit Tonspur und digital, siehe auch Video) 4. Kunstrichtung und Industriezweig, der Filme^([3]) produziert
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 Film
- Filmes genitive
- Films genitive
- Filme plural
- Filmchen diminutive neuter
- Filmen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Film
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Film in German?
Film appears 170 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).