kumpelhaft
German, adjective/ˈkʊmpl̩haft/
kumpelhaft is spelled K-U-M-P-E-L-H-A-F-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kumpelhaft is a German adjective meaning “chummy, friendly, pally” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Art und Weise eines Kumpels”.
What does kumpelhaft mean in English?
adjective
- 1
chummy, friendly, pally
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in der Art und Weise eines Kumpels
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 kumpelhaft
- kumpelhafter masculine nominative singular
- am kumpelhaftesten superlative
- kumpelhafte feminine nominative singular
- kumpelhaftes neuter nominative singular
- kumpelhaften genitive masculine singular
- kumpelhaftem dative masculine singular
- der kumpelhafte definite includes-article masculine
- die kumpelhafte definite feminine includes-article
- das kumpelhafte definite includes-article neuter
- die kumpelhaften definite includes-article nominative
- des kumpelhaften definite genitive includes-article
- der kumpelhaften definite feminine genitive
- dem kumpelhaften dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kumpelhaft?
- /ˈkʊmpl̩haft/
- [ˈkʊmpl̩haft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kumpelhaft in German?
kumpelhaft appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).