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Hefter

German, noun[ˈhɛftɐ]

Hefter is spelled H-E-F-T-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 73,335th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hefter is a German masculine noun meaning “binder, file, a plastic or cardboard piece with prongs for hole-punched papers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mappe, in die Blätter eingeheftet oder eingeklemmt werden”.

What does Hefter mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebinder, file, a plastic or cardboard piece with prongs for hole-punched papers.

  2. 2

    masculinestapler

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Mappe, in die Blätter eingeheftet oder eingeklemmt werden 2. kleineres Gerät, mit dem mehrere Dinge durch Eindrücken einer Klammer aneinander geheftet werden

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 Hefter

  • Hefters genitive
  • Heftern dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Hefter?

  • [ˈhɛftɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Hefter

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Hefter in German?

Hefter appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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