Faustpfand
German, noun/ˈfaʊ̯stˌp͡fant/
Faustpfand is spelled F-A-U-S-T-P-F-A-N-D (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faustpfand is a German neuter noun meaning “security, pawn, pledge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas Wertvolles, mit dem man seine Ansprüche dem eigentlichen Besitzer gegenüber wahren kann”.
What does Faustpfand mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersecurity, pawn, pledge
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas Wertvolles, mit dem man seine Ansprüche dem eigentlichen Besitzer gegenüber wahren kann
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 Faustpfand
- Faustpfandes genitive
- Faustpfands genitive
- Faustpfänder plural
- Faustpfande dative singular
- Faustpfändern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Faustpfand?
- /ˈfaʊ̯stˌp͡fant/
- [ˈfaʊ̯stˌp͡fant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Faustpfand in German?
Faustpfand appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).