finster
German, adjective/ˈfɪnstɐ/
finster is spelled F-I-N-S-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 23,884th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Finster is a German adjective meaning “dark” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr dunkel”.
What does finster mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dark
- 2
gloomy, lowering
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sehr dunkel 2. bedrückt, pessimistisch 3. übel und rückständig
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 finster
- finsterer masculine nominative singular
- am finstersten superlative
- finstere feminine nominative singular
- finsteres neuter nominative singular
- finsteren genitive masculine singular
- finsterem dative masculine singular
- der finstere definite includes-article masculine
- die finstere definite feminine includes-article
- das finstere definite includes-article neuter
- die finsteren definite includes-article nominative
- des finsteren definite genitive includes-article
- der finsteren definite feminine genitive
- dem finsteren dative definite includes-article
- finstrer comparative
- finstre positive nominative strong
- finstres positive nominative strong
- finstren positive genitive strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce finster?
- /ˈfɪnstɐ/
- [ˈfɪnstɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to finster
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is finster in German?
finster appears 2.0 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).