Tintenfass
German, noun/ˈtɪntn̩ˌfas/
Tintenfass is spelled T-I-N-T-E-N-F-A-S-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tintenfass is a German neuter noun meaning “inkpot, inkwell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleines Behältnis zur Aufbewahrung von Tinte”.
What does Tintenfass mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterinkpot, inkwell
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleines Behältnis zur Aufbewahrung von Tinte
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 Tintenfass
- Tintenfasses genitive
- Tintenfässer plural
- Tintenfässchen diminutive neuter
- Tintenfasse dative singular
- Tintenfässern dative definite plural
- Tintenfaß alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tintenfass?
- /ˈtɪntn̩ˌfas/
- /ˈtɪntənˌfas/
- [ˈtɪntn̩ˌfas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tintenfass
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tintenfass in German?
Tintenfass appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).