Pfeffer
German, noun/ˈpfɛfɐ/
Pfeffer is spelled P-F-E-F-F-E-R (7 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written German, the 10,058th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pfeffer is a German masculine noun meaning “pepper (plant of the family Piperaceae and spice made therefrom)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vertreter der tropischen Gattung Piper aus der Familie der Pfeffergewächse (Piperaceae)”.
What does Pfeffer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepepper (plant of the family Piperaceae and spice made therefrom)
- 2
masculinepep; intensity
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vertreter der tropischen Gattung Piper aus der Familie der Pfeffergewächse (Piperaceae) 2. speziell die in Südindien verbreitete Kletterpflanze Piper nigrum 3. die getrockneten, meist auch gemahlenen Früchte der Pfefferpflanze; ein sehr beliebtes scharfes Gewürz 4. Gulasch vom Wild, zum Beispiel als Rehpfeffer oder Hasenpfeffer
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 Pfeffer
- Pfeffers genitive
- Pfeffern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pfeffer?
- /ˈpfɛfɐ/
- /pfɛf(ː)ər/
- /ˈfɛfɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pfeffer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pfeffer in German?
Pfeffer appears 6.5 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).