Pfeil
German, noun/pfaɪ̯l/
Pfeil is spelled P-F-E-I-L (5 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written German, the 9,345th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pfeil is a German masculine noun meaning “arrow (missile)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Geschoss, bestehend aus Rohr und Spitze, das mit einem Bogen abgeschossen wird”.
What does Pfeil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinearrow (missile)
- 2
masculinearrow (sign)
- 3
masculinemouse cursor (informally even when not in the form of an arrow)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Geschoss, bestehend aus Rohr und Spitze, das mit einem Bogen abgeschossen wird 2. abstraktes Bild von [1] (bestehend aus Linie und Spitze), das auf etwas oder in eine Richtung zeigt
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 Pfeil
- Pfeiles genitive
- Pfeils genitive
- Pfeile plural
- Pfeilen dative definite plural
- Pfeilchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pfeil?
- standard /pfaɪ̯l/
- /faɪ̯l/
- [p͡faɪ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pfeil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pfeil in German?
Pfeil appears 7.1 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).