Pension
German, noun/pãˈzi̯oːn/
Pension is spelled P-E-N-S-I-O-N (7 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written German, the 7,736th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pension is a German feminine noun meaning “boarding house, pension” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleiner Hotelbetrieb mit meist privater Atmosphäre”.
What does Pension mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineboarding house, pension
- 2
feminineretirement benefit, old age pension
- 3
feminineretirement
in Pension gehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleiner Hotelbetrieb mit meist privater Atmosphäre 2. regelmäßige Geldzahlung der Altersversorgung 3. Zeit nach dem aktiven Arbeits- oder Erwerbsleben, Ruhestand 4. Ort der vorübergehenden Unterbringung für auswärts Studierende, aber auch für Tiere oder Pflanzen
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 Pension
- Pensionen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pension?
- /pãˈzi̯oːn/
- /pãˈsi̯oːn/
- /paŋˈzi̯oːn/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pension
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pension in German?
Pension appears 8.9 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).