Instinkt
German, noun[ɪnˈstɪŋkt]
Instinkt is spelled I-N-S-T-I-N-K-T (8 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,546th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instinkt is a German masculine noun meaning “instinct” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Tieren angeborene, nicht gesteuerte Verhaltensweise in bestimmen Situationen”.
What does Instinkt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinstinct
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tieren angeborene, nicht gesteuerte Verhaltensweise in bestimmen Situationen 2. innerer Impuls, in bestimmten Situationen ohne Überlegung, jedoch wenigstens subjektiv angemessen zu handeln
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 Instinkt
- Instinktes genitive
- Instinkte plural
- Instinkten dative definite plural
- Instinkts genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Instinkt?
- [ɪnˈstɪŋkt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Instinkt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Instinkt in German?
Instinkt appears 2.5 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).