Fach
/fax/noun
Fach is a noun meaning “A method of classifying singers, primarily opera singers, according to the range, weight, and color of their voices” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-C-H, and it appears about once in every 20 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Fach is Fächer.
What does Fach mean?
noun
- 1
A method of classifying singers, primarily opera singers, according to the range, weight, and color of their voices.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Fach?
- /fax/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Fach.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Fach
- Fächer plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Fach?
Fach appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does Fach come from?
Unadapted borrowing from German Fach, short for Stimmfach. Doublet of fack.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).