fenster
noun
fenster is a noun meaning “A geologic structure formed by erosion or normal faulting on a thrust system; a tectonic window” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-N-S-T-E-R and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 12 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fenster is fensters.
What does fenster mean?
noun
- 1
A geologic structure formed by erosion or normal faulting on a thrust system; a tectonic window.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fenster?
Fenster has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fenster
- fensters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fenster?
Fenster appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st 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 fenster come from?
From German Fenster (“window”), from Latin fenestra (“window”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).