Kefir
German, noun[ˈkeːfiːɐ̯]
Kefir is spelled K-E-F-I-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kefir is a German masculine noun meaning “kefir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus Milch durch Gärung gewonnenes, dickflüssiges Getränk”.
What does Kefir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekefir
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aus Milch durch Gärung gewonnenes, dickflüssiges Getränk
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 Kefir
- Kefirs genitive
- Kefire plural
- Kefiren dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kefir?
- [ˈkeːfiːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kefir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kefir in German?
Kefir appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).