Pappe
German, noun/ˈpapə/
Pappe is spelled P-A-P-P-E (5 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,880th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pappe is a German feminine noun meaning “paperboard, cardboard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Material, welches aus Zellstoff und/oder Altpapier durch Zusammenkleben oder Zusammenpressen hergestellt…”.
What does Pappe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepaperboard, cardboard
- 2
feminineslangblotter acid (a piece of paper laced with LSD)
- 3
femininealternative form of Papp (“pap, porridge; wheatpaste”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Material, welches aus Zellstoff und/oder Altpapier durch Zusammenkleben oder Zusammenpressen hergestellt wird; steife, grobe, mehrschichtige Papierart 2. breiartige, pappige Speise; Kleinkinderspeise 3. Führerschein
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 Pappe
- Pappen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pappe?
- /ˈpapə/
- Switzerland /ˈpɑpːə/
- [ˈpapə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pappe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pappe in German?
Pappe appears 2.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).