sattelfest
German, adjective[ˈzatl̩ˌfɛst]
sattelfest is spelled S-A-T-T-E-L-F-E-S-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 127,251st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sattelfest is a German adjective meaning “able to sit firmly on a horse's back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas gut können, von etwas Bescheid wissen, sich mit etwas auskennen; sicher sein”.
What does sattelfest mean in English?
adjective
- 1
able to sit firmly on a horse's back
- 2
confident in one's knowledge or ability
- 3
bulletproof, watertight, sound
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. etwas gut können, von etwas Bescheid wissen, sich mit etwas auskennen; sicher sein 2. sicher auf dem Rücken eines Pferdes (= im Sattel) sitzend
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 sattelfest
- sattelfester masculine nominative singular
- am sattelfestesten superlative
- sattelfeste feminine nominative singular
- sattelfestes neuter nominative singular
- sattelfesten genitive masculine singular
- sattelfestem dative masculine singular
- der sattelfeste definite includes-article masculine
- die sattelfeste definite feminine includes-article
- das sattelfeste definite includes-article neuter
- die sattelfesten definite includes-article nominative
- des sattelfesten definite genitive includes-article
- der sattelfesten definite feminine genitive
- dem sattelfesten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sattelfest?
- [ˈzatl̩ˌfɛst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sattelfest
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sattelfest in German?
sattelfest appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).