Pfahl
German, noun/p͡faːl/
Pfahl is spelled P-F-A-H-L (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 31,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pfahl is a German masculine noun meaning “stake, picket, pale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bearbeitetes, schmales, aufrecht stehendes säulenartiges Bauteil, zum Beispiel aus Holz, Metall oder Stein”.
What does Pfahl mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestake, picket, pale
- 2
masculinepale
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bearbeitetes, schmales, aufrecht stehendes säulenartiges Bauteil, zum Beispiel aus Holz, Metall oder Stein 2. senkrechter Streifen, in der Mitte eines Wappenschildes, von abweichender Farbe
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 Pfahl
- Pfahles genitive
- Pfahls genitive
- Pfähle plural
- Pfahle dative singular
- Pfählen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pfahl?
- standard /p͡faːl/
- /faːl/
- [p͡faːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pfahl
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pfahl in German?
Pfahl appears 1.4 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).