Fingerfood

[ˈfɪŋɐˌfuːt]

/[ˈfɪŋɐˌfuːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Fingerfood” is uncommon German (frequency #92,896 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,896
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Speisen, die mit der Hand – also ohne Besteck – gegessen werden

Corpus desk

Index DE-fingerfood · Fingerfood · German

Fingerfood · rank #92,896 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,896
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Finalistinnen

Nearest frequency peer: Finalistinnen (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Fingerfood“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fingerfood“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Fingerfood
PropertyValue
HeadwordFingerfood
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɪŋɐˌfuːt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#92,896
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Fingerfood“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Fingerfoodfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Finalistinnen“ (#92,895), „fingierte“ (#92,897), „fili“ (#92,894). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Fingerfood“ bei #92,896. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fingerfood is uncommon German at frequency #92,896 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɪŋɐˌfuːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Speisen, die mit der Hand – also ohne Besteck – gegessen werden".

Fingerfood doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Fingerfood, spelled F-I-N-G-E-R-F-O-O-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Speisen, die mit der Hand – also ohne Besteck – gegessen werden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Fingerfood appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Nach Ansicht von Experten sind Fingerfood und Spieße sowie Food to go boomende Segmente.“
  2. „Dort findet gerade ein Sektempfang statt, Fingerfood wird gereicht und auf einem kleinen Podest in der Ecke spielt eine Jazzband.“

This word in other languages

finger food(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Fingerfood"?
"Fingerfood" is spelled F-I-N-G-E-R-F-O-O-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɪŋɐˌfuːt].
What does "Fingerfood" mean?
As a noun, "Fingerfood" means: Speisen, die mit der Hand – also ohne Besteck – gegessen werden
How do you pronounce "Fingerfood"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fingerfood" is [ˈfɪŋɐˌfuːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fingerfood" come from?
"Fingerfood" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Fingerfood", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fotomodell#92,909Farbschema#92,878Freibädern#92,914farblichen#92,877

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list