faktum

Etymology
From, neuter perfect participle of , from.

Noun

 * 1) fact

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  fact

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) a fact

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) a fact

Etymology
From. Compare.

Noun

 * 1) a fact (something undeniably true or real)

Usage notes

 * Fakta, though historically just a plural form of faktum (along with the zero plural faktum – see the declension tables below), is often used slightly differently, and is likely intuited as an entirely separate word by many native speakers:
 * Fakta is often a better match than faktum for facts in the English sense. "Intressanta fakta" matches "interesting facts" in tone, whereas the tone of "intressanta faktum" is closer to "interesting things that are undeniably true or real." Compare the sports example above.
 * Fakta is often intuited as a common-gender mass noun. Compare the law example above, where fakta is idiomatic despite there only being a single fact, and how fact is sometimes used like a mass noun in English as well ("It is fact, not fiction.") This intuition also means that both "intressant (singular) fakta" and "intressanta (plural) fakta" appear for "interesting facts" (though the former might be considered improper by some). Another consequence is that a definite (the fact-as-a-mass-noun / the facts) sometimes appears.
 * Perhaps due to the differences outlined above, a single piece of factual information (in for example a report or news article) is often called a rather than a.
 * Turns into fakta- in compounds.