Peschmerga
German, noun/pɛʃˈmɛrɡa/
Peschmerga is spelled P-E-S-C-H-M-E-R-G-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 57,755th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peschmerga is a German masculine noun meaning “Peshmerga (Kurdish fighter)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenbezeichnung für eine Gruppe von kurdischen Widerstandskämpfern (im Irak)”.
What does Peschmerga mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinePeshmerga (Kurdish fighter)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eigenbezeichnung für eine Gruppe von kurdischen Widerstandskämpfern (im Irak) 2. Angehöriger der oben genannten Gruppierung
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 Peschmerga
- Peschmergas genitive
- Peschmergen plural
- Peschmerge plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Peschmerga?
- /pɛʃˈmɛrɡa/
- /ˌpeːʃ-/
- [pɛʃˈmɛʁɡa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Peschmerga in German?
Peschmerga appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).