Fabrikneues

Fabrikneues is a German adjective meaning brand-new or freshly produced, i.e., products that are new from the factory and not previously used. It is formed from the components fabrik, meaning factory, and neu, meaning new, and is most commonly used in descriptions of goods and products.

In everyday usage, fabrikneues describes items that come directly from production and have no prior ownership. It is frequently found in marketing copy and product specifications, for example ein fabrikneues Smartphone or das fabrikneue Auto. The form fabrikneues appears in contexts where the adjective is not preceded by a determiner, as in fabrikneues Auto; when a determiner is present, the endings change (ein fabrikneues Auto, das fabrikneue Modell, die fabrikneuen Autos).

Compared with related terms, fabrikneues emphasizes the factory-origin aspect of newness. It can be used interchangeably with brandneu or fabrikneu in many contexts, though subtle nuances may arise: fabrikneu stresses the factory origin, while brandneu is a broader, more general “brand-new” credential. In contrast, neuwertig implies a very good, nearly new condition, and gebraucht denotes used goods.

Grammatically, fabrikneues is the strong inflection form used with neuter singular nouns when no determiner precedes the noun (fabrikneues Auto). With a definite determiner, it becomes fabrikneue in das fabrikneue Auto, and with an indefinite article it appears as ein fabrikneues Auto. Plural forms include fabrikneue Autos or fabrikneute Modelle depending on the noun.

See also: brand new, neuwagen, Neuwaren, German adjective inflection.