heldenhaft
German, adjective[ˈhɛldn̩haft]
heldenhaft is spelled H-E-L-D-E-N-H-A-F-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heldenhaft is a German adjective meaning “heroic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wie ein Held; wie von einem Helden; besonders tapfer”.
What does heldenhaft mean in English?
adjective
- 1
heroic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. wie ein Held; wie von einem Helden; besonders tapfer
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 heldenhaft
- heldenhafter masculine nominative singular
- am heldenhaftesten superlative
- heldenhafte feminine nominative singular
- heldenhaftes neuter nominative singular
- heldenhaften genitive masculine singular
- heldenhaftem dative masculine singular
- der heldenhafte definite includes-article masculine
- die heldenhafte definite feminine includes-article
- das heldenhafte definite includes-article neuter
- die heldenhaften definite includes-article nominative
- des heldenhaften definite genitive includes-article
- der heldenhaften definite feminine genitive
- dem heldenhaften dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce heldenhaft?
- [ˈhɛldn̩haft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to heldenhaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is heldenhaft in German?
heldenhaft appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).