Sänfte
German, noun
Sänfte is spelled S-Ä-N-F-T-E (6 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written German, the 12,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sänfte is a German feminine noun meaning “litter (raised bed or couch used as a mode of transport)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, sanfte is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Beförderungsmittel für Personen, bei dem sich ein Gestell auf Stangen befindet, die von Menschen oder…”.
What does Sänfte mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineobsoletesoftness
- 2
femininelitter (raised bed or couch used as a mode of transport)
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Beförderungsmittel für Personen, bei dem sich ein Gestell auf Stangen befindet, die von Menschen oder Lasttieren getragen werden
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 Sänfte
- Sänften plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Sänfte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sänfte in German?
Sänfte appears 4.7 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).