Kampfgeist
German, noun/kam(p)fɡaɪ̯st/
Kampfgeist is spelled K-A-M-P-F-G-E-I-S-T (10 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kampfgeist is a German masculine noun meaning “fighting spirit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bereitschaft, zu kämpfen/sich zu wehren”.
What does Kampfgeist mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefighting spirit
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bereitschaft, zu kämpfen/sich zu wehren
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 Kampfgeist
- Kampfgeistes genitive
- Kampfgeists genitive
- Kampfgeister plural rare
- Kampfgeiste dative singular
- Kampfgeistern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kampfgeist?
- /kam(p)fɡaɪ̯st/
- [ˈkamp͡fˌɡaɪ̯st]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kampfgeist in German?
Kampfgeist appears 1.2 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).