refraktär
German, adjective/ˌʁefʁakˈtɛːɐ̯/
refraktär is spelled R-E-F-R-A-K-T-Ä-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written German, the 625,801st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Refraktär is a German adjective meaning “refractory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einer Wirkung großen Widerstand entgegensetzend”.
What does refraktär mean in English?
adjective
- 1
refractory
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. einer Wirkung großen Widerstand entgegensetzend 2. unbeeinflussbar, unempfindlich, zum Beispiel gegen Wirkstoffe oder Mikroorganismen 3. hohe thermische und mechanische Beständigkeit aufweisend
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 refraktär
- refraktärer masculine nominative singular
- refraktäre feminine nominative singular
- refraktäres neuter nominative singular
- refraktären genitive masculine singular
- refraktärem dative masculine singular
- der refraktäre definite includes-article masculine
- die refraktäre definite feminine includes-article
- das refraktäre definite includes-article neuter
- die refraktären definite includes-article nominative
- des refraktären definite genitive includes-article
- der refraktären definite feminine genitive
- dem refraktären dative definite includes-article
- den refraktären dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce refraktär?
- /ˌʁefʁakˈtɛːɐ̯/
- [ˌʁefʁakˈtɛːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is refraktär in German?
refraktär appears about once in every 98 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).