Pervitin
German, noun
Pervitin is spelled P-E-R-V-I-T-I-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pervitin is a German neuter noun meaning “A former trade name for methamphetamine, known for its use by the Wehrmacht in World War II” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Pervitin mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterA former trade name for methamphetamine, known for its use by the Wehrmacht in World War II.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Pervitin
- Pervitins genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Pervitin in German?
Pervitin appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).