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fitten

German, adjective[ˈfɪtn̩]

fitten is spelled F-I-T-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fitten is a German masculine adjective meaning “strong genitive masculine/neuter singular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does fitten mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular

  2. 2

    weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular

  3. 3

    masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular

  4. 4

    strong dative plural

  5. 5

    weak/mixed all-case plural

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

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. an Gegebenheiten anpassen 2. den Kiel eines Schiffes überprüfen, um festzustellen, wo er eben/uneben ist

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 fitten

  • fitte present
  • fittest present
  • fittet present
  • fittete past
  • fitte! imperative singular
  • fittet! imperative plural
  • gefittet participle-2 perfect
  • haben auxiliary perfect
  • gefittet haben active infinitive perfect
  • gefittet werden processual-passive infinitive present
  • gefittet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
  • gefittet sein statal-passive infinitive present
  • gefittet gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
  • zu fitten active extended infinitive
  • gefittet zu haben active extended infinitive
  • gefittet zu werden processual-passive extended infinitive
  • gefittet worden zu sein processual-passive extended infinitive
  • gefittet zu sein statal-passive extended infinitive

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

How do you pronounce fitten?

  • [ˈfɪtn̩]

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

How common is fitten in German?

fitten appears about once in every 4 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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