oberfaul
German, adjective/ˈoːbɐfaʊ̯l/
oberfaul is spelled O-B-E-R-F-A-U-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written German, the 543,077th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oberfaul is a German adjective meaning “fishy, suspicious, arousing suspicion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr verdächtig, großes Misstrauen erregend”.
What does oberfaul mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fishy, suspicious, arousing suspicion
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sehr verdächtig, großes Misstrauen erregend
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 oberfaul
- oberfauler masculine nominative singular
- oberfaule feminine nominative singular
- oberfaules neuter nominative singular
- oberfaulen genitive masculine singular
- oberfaulem dative masculine singular
- der oberfaule definite includes-article masculine
- die oberfaule definite feminine includes-article
- das oberfaule definite includes-article neuter
- die oberfaulen definite includes-article nominative
- des oberfaulen definite genitive includes-article
- der oberfaulen definite feminine genitive
- dem oberfaulen dative definite includes-article
- den oberfaulen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oberfaul?
- /ˈoːbɐfaʊ̯l/
- [ˈoːbɐfaʊ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is oberfaul in German?
oberfaul appears about once in every 76 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).