Pferdedieb
German, noun[ˈp͡feːɐ̯dəˌdiːp]
Pferdedieb is spelled P-F-E-R-D-E-D-I-E-B (10 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written German, the 301,457th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pferdedieb is a German masculine noun meaning “horse thief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der ein Pferd/Pferde stiehlt, gestohlen hat, Pferdediebstahl begeht”.
What does Pferdedieb mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehorse thief
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der ein Pferd/Pferde stiehlt, gestohlen hat, Pferdediebstahl begeht
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 Pferdedieb
- Pferdediebes genitive
- Pferdediebs genitive
- Pferdediebe plural
- Pferdediebin feminine
- Pferdedieben dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pferdedieb?
- [ˈp͡feːɐ̯dəˌdiːp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Pferdedieb in German?
Pferdedieb appears about once in every 27 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).