Pensionär
German, noun/pɑ̃zi̯oˈnɛːɐ̯/
Pensionär is spelled P-E-N-S-I-O-N-Ä-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 94,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pensionär is a German masculine noun meaning “pensioner (male or of unspecified sex)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Beamter im Ruhestand, der eine Pension bezieht”.
What does Pensionär mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepensioner (male or of unspecified sex)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Beamter im Ruhestand, der eine Pension bezieht 2. Person im Ruhestand, die Rente bezieht 3. in einer Pension (Fremdenheim) lebende Person 4. Schüler in einem Pensionat
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 Pensionär
- Pensionärs genitive
- Pensionäre plural
- Pensionärin feminine
- Pensionären dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pensionär?
- /pɑ̃zi̯oˈnɛːɐ̯/
- /paŋzi̯oˈnɛːɐ̯/
- /pɛnzi̯oˈnɛːɐ̯/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pensionär
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pensionär in German?
Pensionär appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).