Pfingsten
German, noun/pfɪŋstən/
Pfingsten is spelled P-F-I-N-G-S-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written German, the 18,511th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pfingsten is a German neuter noun meaning “Pentecost” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “christliches Fest sieben Wochen nach Ostern”.
What does Pfingsten mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterPentecost
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. christliches Fest sieben Wochen nach Ostern
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Pfingsten?
- standard /pfɪŋstən/
- standard /pfɪŋstn̩/
- /fɪŋstən/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pfingsten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pfingsten in German?
Pfingsten appears 2.9 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).