Last
German, noun
Last is spelled L-A-S-T (4 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written German, the 2,891st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Last is a German feminine noun meaning “load, burden” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, last is a different word: “second-person singular preterite of lesen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, was sich durch sein Gewicht nach unten drückt oder zieht; auch Ladung, Fracht; was man trägt”.
What does Last mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineload, burden
verb
- 1
second-person singular preterite of lesen
- 2
second-person plural preterite of lesen
verb
- 1
imperative singular of lasten
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of lasten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas, was sich durch sein Gewicht nach unten drückt oder zieht; auch Ladung, Fracht; was man trägt 2. psychischer Druck, beschwerlicher Umstand 3. Kraft, die auf eine sich im Betrieb befindende Maschine wirkt 4. elektrischer Widerstand, elektrischer Verbraucher
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 Last
- Lasten plural
- L. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Last
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Last in German?
Last appears 28 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).