Urfassung
German, noun[ˈuːɐ̯ˌfasʊŋ]
Urfassung is spelled U-R-F-A-S-S-U-N-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Urfassung is a German feminine noun meaning “original version” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “erste, ursprüngliche Version (zum Beispiel einer Oper, eines Romans)”.
What does Urfassung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoriginal version
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. erste, ursprüngliche Version (zum Beispiel einer Oper, eines Romans)
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 Urfassung
- Urfassungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Urfassung?
- [ˈuːɐ̯ˌfasʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Urfassung in German?
Urfassung 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).