Pesto
German, noun[ˈpɛsto]
Pesto is spelled P-E-S-T-O (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 35,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pesto is a German masculine noun meaning “pesto” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kalte Soße, die aus zerstoßenem Basilikum, Knoblauch und Pinienkernen mit geriebenem Pecorino oder…”.
What does Pesto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterpesto
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kalte Soße, die aus zerstoßenem Basilikum, Knoblauch und Pinienkernen mit geriebenem Pecorino oder Parmesankäse und Olivenöl zubereitet wird
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 Pesto
- Pestos genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pesto?
- [ˈpɛsto]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pesto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pesto in German?
Pesto appears 1.2 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).