Fingersatz
German, noun/ˈfɪŋɐˌzat͡s/
Fingersatz is spelled F-I-N-G-E-R-S-A-T-Z (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 159,136th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fingersatz is a German masculine noun meaning “fingering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Empfehlung in der Notenschrift, wie die Finger (Markierung durch Zahlen) beim Spielen von Noten/Akkorden…”.
What does Fingersatz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefingering
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Empfehlung in der Notenschrift, wie die Finger (Markierung durch Zahlen) beim Spielen von Noten/Akkorden eingesetzt werden sollen
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 Fingersatz
- Fingersatzes genitive
- Fingersätze plural
- Fingersatze dative singular
- Fingersätzen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fingersatz?
- /ˈfɪŋɐˌzat͡s/
- [ˈfɪŋɐˌzat͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Fingersatz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fingersatz in German?
Fingersatz appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).