Pfandautomat
German, noun/ˈp͡fantʔaʊ̯toˌmaːt/
Pfandautomat is spelled P-F-A-N-D-A-U-T-O-M-A-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written German, the 305,454th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pfandautomat is a German masculine noun meaning “reverse vending machine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Maschine, die pfandpflichtige Leerflaschen und Dosen entgegennimmt und einen Bon für die Erstattung des…”.
What does Pfandautomat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinereverse vending machine
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maschine, die pfandpflichtige Leerflaschen und Dosen entgegennimmt und einen Bon für die Erstattung des Pfandgelds ausgibt
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 Pfandautomat
- Pfandautomaten genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pfandautomat?
- /ˈp͡fantʔaʊ̯toˌmaːt/
- [ˈp͡fantʔaʊ̯toˌmaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Pfandautomat in German?
Pfandautomat appears about once in every 28 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).