Perfektionist
German, noun/pɛʁfɛkt͡si̯oˈnɪst/
Perfektionist is spelled P-E-R-F-E-K-T-I-O-N-I-S-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 75,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perfektionist is a German masculine noun meaning “perfectionist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die ein Werk (beispielsweise ein handwerkliche Arbeit, einen Aufsatz) absolut fehlerfrei erstellen…”.
What does Perfektionist mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineperfectionist
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die ein Werk (beispielsweise ein handwerkliche Arbeit, einen Aufsatz) absolut fehlerfrei erstellen möchte; Person, die die Erfüllung höchster Standards fordert 2. Anhänger / Vertreter des Perfektionismus
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 Perfektionist
- Perfektionisten genitive
- Perfektionistin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Perfektionist?
- /pɛʁfɛkt͡si̯oˈnɪst/
- [pɛʁfɛkt͡si̯oˈnɪst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Perfektionist
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Perfektionist in German?
Perfektionist appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).