wohlfeil
German, adjective/ˈvoːlˌfaɪ̯l/
wohlfeil is spelled W-O-H-L-F-E-I-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wohlfeil is a German adjective meaning “low-effort, low-energy, low-cost, vile, trite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “für einen geringen Preis, günstig”.
What does wohlfeil mean in English?
adjective
- 1
archaiccheap, which can be had for a low price
- 2
low-effort, low-energy, low-cost, vile, trite
- 3
cheap and worthless
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. für einen geringen Preis, günstig 2. geistlos, ohne intellektuelles Niveau
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 wohlfeil
- wohlfeiler masculine nominative singular
- am wohlfeilsten superlative
- wohlfeile feminine nominative singular
- wohlfeiles neuter nominative singular
- wohlfeilen genitive masculine singular
- wohlfeilem dative masculine singular
- der wohlfeile definite includes-article masculine
- die wohlfeile definite feminine includes-article
- das wohlfeile definite includes-article neuter
- die wohlfeilen definite includes-article nominative
- des wohlfeilen definite genitive includes-article
- der wohlfeilen definite feminine genitive
- dem wohlfeilen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wohlfeil?
- /ˈvoːlˌfaɪ̯l/
- [ˈvoːlˌfaɪ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is wohlfeil in German?
wohlfeil appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).