Filz
German, noun
Filz is spelled F-I-L-Z (4 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 24,663rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Filz is a German masculine noun meaning “felt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, filz is a different word: “singular imperative of filzen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “wirrer Faserstoff, der aus nicht gesponnenen (Tier)haaren oder Wolle durch Zusammenpressen hergestellt wird”.
What does Filz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefelt
- 2
masculinesleaze (corruption)
- 3
masculinemiser
verb
- 1
singular imperative of filzen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of filzen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. wirrer Faserstoff, der aus nicht gesponnenen (Tier)haaren oder Wolle durch Zusammenpressen hergestellt wird 2. geiziger Mensch 3. wirre, dichte Masse 4. politischer Klüngel
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 Filz
- Filzes genitive
- Filze plural
- Filzen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Filz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Filz in German?
Filz appears 1.9 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).