Friktion
German, noun[fʁɪkˈt͡si̯oːn]
Friktion is spelled F-R-I-K-T-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 267,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Friktion is a German feminine noun meaning “friction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Reibung”.
What does Friktion mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefriction
- 2
femininefriction (conflict)
- 3
femininefriction (in massage)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Reibung 2. das Auftreten von Koordinations- oder Transaktionshemmnissen 3. eine Methode in der Massage 4. Auftreten von Unstimmigkeiten oder Schwierigkeiten, die zu Konflikten führen können
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 Friktion
- Friktionen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Friktion?
- [fʁɪkˈt͡si̯oːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Friktion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Friktion in German?
Friktion appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).