Napf
German, noun/napf/
Napf is spelled N-A-P-F (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Napf is a German masculine noun meaning “small bowl; cup; now chiefly to hold fodder for animals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein kleines Gefäß oder eine kleine Schüssel ohne Deckel”.
What does Napf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesmall bowl; cup; now chiefly to hold fodder for animals
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein kleines Gefäß oder eine kleine Schüssel ohne Deckel
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 Napf
- Napfes genitive
- Napfs genitive
- Näpfe plural
- Näpfchen diminutive neuter
- Napfe dative singular
- Näpfen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Napf?
- /napf/
- [napf]
- [napɸ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Napf in German?
Napf appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).