Futhark
German, noun/ˈfuːθaʁk/
Futhark is spelled F-U-T-H-A-R-K (7 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written German, the 339,062nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Futhark is a German neuter noun meaning “futhark” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bezeichnung für das Alphabet, das aus den germanischen Runen besteht. Die ersten Schriftzeichen des…”.
What does Futhark mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterfuthark
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bezeichnung für das Alphabet, das aus den germanischen Runen besteht. Die ersten Schriftzeichen des Runenalphabets stehen für "f", "u", "th", "a", "r" und "k"; daher heißen diese Runenalphabete auch Futhark.
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 Futhark
- Futharks genitive
- Futharke plural
- Futharken dative definite plural
- Fuþark alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Futhark?
- /ˈfuːθaʁk/
- [ˈfuːθaʁk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Futhark in German?
Futhark appears about once in every 33 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).