Harfe
German, noun/ˈharfə/
Harfe is spelled H-A-R-F-E (5 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Harfe is a German feminine noun meaning “harp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr altes Saiten- und Zupfinstrument, bei dem die Saiten in einem großen dreieckigen Rahmen angebracht sind…”.
What does Harfe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineharp
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sehr altes Saiten- und Zupfinstrument, bei dem die Saiten in einem großen dreieckigen Rahmen angebracht sind, der selbst als Resonanzkörper dient
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 Harfe
- Harfen plural
- Hf. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Harfe?
- /ˈharfə/
- [ˈhaʁfə]
- [ˈhaɐ̯fə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Harfe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Harfe in German?
Harfe appears 1.9 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).