Pallasch
German, noun[ˈpalaʃ]
Pallasch is spelled P-A-L-L-A-S-C-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 219,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pallasch is a German noun meaning “backsword” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schwere Hieb- und Stichwaffe”.
What does Pallasch mean in English?
noun
- 1
backsword
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schwere Hieb- und Stichwaffe
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 Pallasch
- Pallasche nominative plural
- Pallaschs genitive singular
- Pallasches genitive singular
- Pallaschen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pallasch?
- [ˈpalaʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Pallasch in German?
Pallasch appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).