Heft
German, noun/hɛft/
Heft is spelled H-E-F-T (4 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written German, the 3,720th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heft is a German neuter noun meaning “notebook, writing booklet, cahier, composition book (book in which notes or memoranda are written)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einem Einband versehene Zusammenheftung von Blättern aus Papier, auf die geschrieben werden kann, vor…”.
What does Heft mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuternotebook, writing booklet, cahier, composition book (book in which notes or memoranda are written)
- 2
neuternotepad, writing pad (pad of paper on which one jots down notes)
- 3
neuterexercise book (booklet for students, containing problems and exercises, or blank pages for writing answers)
- 4
neuternumber, issue (single edition of a periodical publication)
- 5
neutermagazine (non-academic periodical publication)
- 6
neutercomic (magazine that uses sequences of drawings to tell a story or series of stories)
noun
- 1
neuterhaft; handle (of a weapon or certain tools)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mit einem Einband versehene Zusammenheftung von Blättern aus Papier, auf die geschrieben werden kann, vor allem für die Schule 2. einzelne Nummer einer Zeitschrift 3. dünnes, broschiertes, nicht festgebundenes Buch 4. Griffstück von Waffen und Werkzeugen
noun: 1. Griff an einer Klingenwaffe oder einem Messer
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 Heft
- Heftes genitive
- Hefts genitive
- Hefte plural
- Heftchen diminutive neuter
- Heftl diminutive neuter
- Hefterl diminutive neuter
- Heften dative definite plural
- H. alternative abbreviation
- Heftel diminutive
- Heftlein diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Heft?
- /hɛft/
- [hɛft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Heft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Heft in German?
Heft appears 21 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).