Parfüm
German, noun
Parfüm is spelled P-A-R-F-Ü-M (6 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 19,862nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parfüm is a German neuter noun meaning “perfume (generally only in the sense of “odorous substance”, not “pleasant smell”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, Parfum is a different word: “alternative form of Parfüm”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “konzentriertes, flüssiges Gemisch aus Duftstoffen”.
What does Parfüm mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterperfume (generally only in the sense of “odorous substance”, not “pleasant smell”)
noun
- 1
neuteralternative form of Parfüm
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. konzentriertes, flüssiges Gemisch aus Duftstoffen
noun: 1. konzentriertes flüssiges Gemisch aus Duftstoffen
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 Parfüm
- Parfüms genitive
- Parfüme plural
- Parfümen dative definite plural
- Parfum alternative
- Parfums genitive
- Parfüm variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Parfüm
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Parfüm in German?
Parfüm appears 2.6 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).