flink
German, adjective/flɪŋk/
flink is spelled F-L-I-N-K (5 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 33,501st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flink is a German adjective meaning “quick, nimble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schnell und behände; flott”.
What does flink mean in English?
adjective
- 1
quick, nimble
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. schnell und behände; flott
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 flink
- flinker masculine nominative singular
- am flinksten superlative
- flinke feminine nominative singular
- flinkes neuter nominative singular
- flinken genitive masculine singular
- flinkem dative masculine singular
- der flinke definite includes-article masculine
- die flinke definite feminine includes-article
- das flinke definite includes-article neuter
- die flinken definite includes-article nominative
- des flinken definite genitive includes-article
- der flinken definite feminine genitive
- dem flinken dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flink?
- /flɪŋk/
- [flɪŋk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flink
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flink in German?
flink appears 1.3 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).