Flaschengeist
German, noun/ˈflaʃn̩ˌɡaɪ̯st/
Flaschengeist is spelled F-L-A-S-C-H-E-N-G-E-I-S-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flaschengeist is a German masculine noun meaning “genie in the bottle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einer Flasche hausender Geist, der seinem Befreier dienen und Wünsche erfüllen muss”.
What does Flaschengeist mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegenie in the bottle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. in einer Flasche hausender Geist, der seinem Befreier dienen und Wünsche erfüllen muss
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 Flaschengeist
- Flaschengeistes genitive
- Flaschengeists genitive
- Flaschengeister plural
- Flaschengeiste dative singular
- Flaschengeistern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Flaschengeist?
- /ˈflaʃn̩ˌɡaɪ̯st/
- [ˈflaʃn̩ˌɡaɪ̯st]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Flaschengeist in German?
Flaschengeist appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).