Pfählen
German, noun[ˈp͡fɛːlən]
Pfählen is spelled P-F-Ä-H-L-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pfählen is a German masculine noun meaning “dative plural of Pfahl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Pfählen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Pfahl
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas an einem Pfahl befestigen und dadurch Halt geben 2. jemanden töten, indem er auf einen Pfahl aufgespießt 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 Pfählen
- pfähle present
- pfählst present
- pfählt present
- pfählte past
- pfähle! imperative singular
- pfählt! imperative plural
- gepfählt participle-2 perfect
- haben auxiliary perfect
- gepfählt haben active infinitive perfect
- gepfählt werden processual-passive infinitive present
- gepfählt worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- gepfählt sein statal-passive infinitive present
- gepfählt gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
- zu pfählen active extended infinitive
- gepfählt zu haben active extended infinitive
- gepfählt zu werden processual-passive extended infinitive
- gepfählt worden zu sein processual-passive extended infinitive
- gepfählt zu sein statal-passive extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pfählen?
- [ˈp͡fɛːlən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pfählen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pfählen in German?
Pfählen 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).