Imperfekt
German, noun/ˈɪmpɛʁfɛkt/
Imperfekt is spelled I-M-P-E-R-F-E-K-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 110,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imperfekt is a German neuter noun meaning “imperfect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “grammatische Kategorie der Konjugation (Zeitform), mit der ein verbales Geschehen oder Sein aus Sicht des…”.
What does Imperfekt mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterimperfect
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grammatische Kategorie der Konjugation (Zeitform), mit der ein verbales Geschehen oder Sein aus Sicht des Sprechers als unabgeschlossene, unvollendete Vergangenheit charakterisiert (benannt) wird 2. Verbform des Imperfekts [1]
adjective: 1. nicht zu einem (vollkommenen) Ende gebracht
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 Imperfekt
- Imperfekts genitive
- Imperfekte plural
- Imperfect alternative
- Imperfectum alternative
- Imperfektum alternative
- Imp. abbreviation
- Imperfekten dative plural
- imperfect obsolete
- imperfeckt obsolete
- imperfekter positive nominative strong
- imperfekte positive nominative strong
- imperfektes positive nominative strong
- imperfekten positive genitive strong
- imperfektem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Imperfekt?
- /ˈɪmpɛʁfɛkt/
- [ˈɪmpɛʁfɛkt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Imperfekt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Imperfekt in German?
Imperfekt appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).