Pass
German, noun
Pass is spelled P-A-S-S (4 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written German, the 2,298th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pass is a German masculine noun meaning “pass, mountain pass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, pass is a different word: “singular imperative of passen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Dokument, das für Auslandsreisen erforderlich ist, falls es zwischen dem Heimatland und dem Zielland keine…”.
What does Pass mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepass, mountain pass
- 2
masculinepace (2-beat, lateral gait of an animal)
noun
- 1
masculinepass (document granting permission to pass)
- 2
masculineellipsis of Reisepass
- 3
colloquialmasculinecitizenship
noun
- 1
masculinepass (The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.)
noun
- 1
datedmasculinegothic pass (an ornament consisting of several arches)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of passen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dokument, das für Auslandsreisen erforderlich ist, falls es zwischen dem Heimatland und dem Zielland keine Sondervereinbarungen gibt; Reisepass 2. tiefergelegener Übergang durch ein Gebirge 3. enge Stelle eines Tales 4. Gangart von Vierbeinern, die sich aus der abwechselnden Bewegung der Beinpaare bildet
abbreviation: 1. passabel 2. passim 3. passionato 4. passioniert
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 Pass
- Passes genitive
- Pässe plural
- Passe dative singular
- Pässen dative definite plural
- Paß alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Pass
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pass in German?
Pass appears 36 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).