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fit

German, adjective/fɪt/

fit is spelled F-I-T (3 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written German, the 3,656th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fit is a German adjective meaning “fit (in good overall physical shape)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in guter gesundheitlicher, sportlicher, physischer, psychischer Verfassung; gut vorbereitet”.

What does fit mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    fit (in good overall physical shape)

  2. 2

    able, prepared, up to a task (able to perform adequately, in contrast to a prior or possibly future state of inadequacy)

    Ich war die letzte Woche krank, aber inzwischen bin ich wieder fit.

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. in guter gesundheitlicher, sportlicher, physischer, psychischer Verfassung; gut vorbereitet

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 fit

  • fitter masculine nominative singular
  • am fittesten superlative
  • fitte feminine nominative singular
  • fittes neuter nominative singular
  • fitten genitive masculine singular
  • fittem dative masculine singular
  • der fitte definite includes-article masculine
  • die fitte definite feminine includes-article
  • das fitte definite includes-article neuter
  • die fitten definite includes-article nominative
  • des fitten definite genitive includes-article
  • der fitten definite feminine genitive
  • dem fitten dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fit?

  • /fɪt/
  • [fɪt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to fit

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fit in German?

fit appears 22 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).

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