Pfeiler
German, noun/ˈpfaɪ̯lɐ/
Pfeiler is spelled P-F-E-I-L-E-R (7 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 17,848th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pfeiler is a German masculine noun meaning “pillar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein frei oder an der Wand stehender, mehr oder minder schlanker nur prismatischer, auch runder Körper aus…”.
What does Pfeiler mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepillar
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein frei oder an der Wand stehender, mehr oder minder schlanker nur prismatischer, auch runder Körper aus Stein, Holz, Mauerwerk, Kunststoff oder Metall zur Aufnahme von Lasten darüberliegender Bauteile 2. Stütze einer Gesellschaft oder Einrichtung 3. Zahn, der als Trageelement für eine Brücke dient
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 Pfeiler
- Pfeilers genitive
- Pfeilern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pfeiler?
- standard /ˈpfaɪ̯lɐ/
- /ˈfaɪ̯lɐ/
- [ˈp͡faɪ̯lɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pfeiler
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pfeiler in German?
Pfeiler appears 3.0 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).