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perfekt

German, adjective

perfekt is spelled P-E-R-F-E-K-T (7 letters) and appears 69 times per million words in written German, the 1,232nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perfekt is a German adjective meaning “perfect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Perfekt is a different word: “perfect”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr gelungen, nicht verbesserbar”.

What does perfekt mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    perfect

noun

as Perfekt
  1. 1

    neuterperfect

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Tempusform, die ausdrückt, dass das Geschehen vom Standpunkt des Sprechers aus zwar vergangen ist, sich aber noch auf seinen Standpunkt bezieht

adjective: 1. sehr gelungen, nicht verbesserbar 2. zum Abschluss gebracht, geschehen

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 perfekt

  • perfekter masculine nominative singular
  • am perfektesten colloquial superlative
  • perfekte feminine nominative singular
  • perfektes neuter nominative singular
  • perfekten genitive masculine singular
  • perfektem dative masculine singular
  • der perfekte definite includes-article masculine
  • die perfekte definite feminine includes-article
  • das perfekte definite includes-article neuter
  • die perfekten definite includes-article nominative
  • des perfekten definite genitive includes-article
  • der perfekten definite feminine genitive
  • dem perfekten dative definite includes-article
  • Perfektum variant
  • Perf. abbreviation
  • Perfekte nominative plural
  • Perfekts genitive singular
  • Perfekten dative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to perfekt

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is perfekt in German?

perfekt appears 69 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).

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