Tintenfisch
German, noun/ˈtɪntn̩ˌfɪʃ/
Tintenfisch is spelled T-I-N-T-E-N-F-I-S-C-H (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 66,083rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tintenfisch is a German masculine noun meaning “any member of the Coleoidea subclass of cephalopods; more specifically of cuttlefish, but also of species of octopus, squid etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Teilgruppe der Kopffüßer (Cephalopoda), die sich durch den Besitz eines Tintenbeutels auszeichnen”.
What does Tintenfisch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineany member of the Coleoidea subclass of cephalopods; more specifically of cuttlefish, but also of species of octopus, squid etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Teilgruppe der Kopffüßer (Cephalopoda), die sich durch den Besitz eines Tintenbeutels auszeichnen
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 Tintenfisch
- Tintenfisches genitive
- Tintenfischs genitive
- Tintenfische plural
- Tintenfischen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tintenfisch?
- /ˈtɪntn̩ˌfɪʃ/
- /ˈtɪntənˌfɪʃ/
- [ˈtɪntn̩ˌfɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tintenfisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tintenfisch in German?
Tintenfisch appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).