Tüftler
German, noun[ˈtʏftlɐ]
Tüftler is spelled T-Ü-F-T-L-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 83,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tüftler is a German masculine noun meaning “tinkerer (male or unspecified sex)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bastler, jemand, der gerne Schwieriges herauszufinden versucht durch Herumbasteln, Ausprobieren und Nachdenken”.
What does Tüftler mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetinkerer (male or unspecified sex)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bastler, jemand, der gerne Schwieriges herauszufinden versucht durch Herumbasteln, Ausprobieren und Nachdenken
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 Tüftler
- Tüftlers genitive
- Tüftlerin feminine
- Tüftlern dative definite plural
- Tüfteler alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tüftler?
- [ˈtʏftlɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tüftler
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tüftler in German?
Tüftler appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).