tapfer
German, adjective/ˈtapfər/
tapfer is spelled T-A-P-F-E-R (6 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written German, the 13,799th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tapfer is a German adjective meaning “brave, dauntless, hardy, tough (strong in the face of hardship, pain, danger)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Angst, Furcht (beziehungsweise Angst/Furcht beherrschend) und bereit, anhaltend gegen Gefahren und…”.
What does tapfer mean in English?
adjective
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brave, dauntless, hardy, tough (strong in the face of hardship, pain, danger)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Angst, Furcht (beziehungsweise Angst/Furcht beherrschend) und bereit, anhaltend gegen Gefahren und Schwierigkeiten zu kämpfen 2. besonders intensiv, in hohem Maße 3. mit großer Selbstbeherrschung, ohne zu klagen
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 tapfer
- tapferer masculine nominative singular
- am tapfersten superlative
- tapfere feminine nominative singular
- tapferes neuter nominative singular
- tapferen genitive masculine singular
- tapferem dative masculine singular
- der tapfere definite includes-article masculine
- die tapfere definite feminine includes-article
- das tapfere definite includes-article neuter
- die tapferen definite includes-article nominative
- des tapferen definite genitive includes-article
- der tapferen definite feminine genitive
- dem tapferen dative definite includes-article
- tapfrer positive nominative strong
- tapfre positive nominative strong
- tapfres positive nominative strong
- tapfren positive genitive strong
- tapfrem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tapfer?
- /ˈtapfər/
- [ˈtäpfɐ]
- [ˈtäpɸɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tapfer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tapfer in German?
tapfer appears 4.3 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).