Packpapier
German, noun/ˈpakpaˌpiːr/
Packpapier is spelled P-A-C-K-P-A-P-I-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Packpapier is a German neuter noun meaning “non-ornamental paper intended for wrapping, especially brown paper, butcher paper, but also other kinds such as plastic-lined paper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “festes Papier, das dazu dient, etwas einzupacken und damit beim Transport vor Kratzern und Verschmutzungen zu…”.
What does Packpapier mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuternon-ornamental paper intended for wrapping, especially brown paper, butcher paper, but also other kinds such as plastic-lined paper
Sie wickelt die Vase in Packpapier, damit sie beim Transport nicht zerkratzt.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. festes Papier, das dazu dient, etwas einzupacken und damit beim Transport vor Kratzern und Verschmutzungen zu schützen
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 Packpapier
- Packpapiers genitive
- Packpapiere plural
- Packpapieren dative definite plural
- Packpapieres genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Packpapier?
- /ˈpakpaˌpiːr/
- [ˈpakpaˌpiːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Packpapier in German?
Packpapier 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).