Folie
German, noun/ˈfoːli̯ə/
Folie is spelled F-O-L-I-E (5 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written German, the 13,799th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Folie is a German feminine noun meaning “foil, metal film” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr dünn gewalztes Metall”.
What does Folie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefoil, metal film
- 2
feminineplastic wrap, cling film
- 3
feminineslide (transparent plate bearing something to be projected)
- 4
feminineslide (page of a computer presentation)
- 5
femininesomething used as a background for a comparison
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sehr dünn gewalztes Metall 2. sehr dünnes Material aus Kunststoff 3. etwas, das zum Vergleich herangezogen wird 4. Kurzform für Overheadfolie, einem durchsichtigen Kunststoff, mit dessen Hilfe Informationen einem Publikum präsentiert werden; auch: eine Seite aus einem Präsentationsprogramm mit demselben Zweck
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 Folie
- Folien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Folie?
- /ˈfoːli̯ə/
- [ˈfoːli̯ə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Folie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Folie in German?
Folie appears 4.3 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).