Pflanzenfresser
German, noun/ˈpflantsənˌfrɛsər/
Pflanzenfresser is spelled P-F-L-A-N-Z-E-N-F-R-E-S-S-E-R (15 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 78,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pflanzenfresser is a German masculine noun meaning “herbivore, plant-eater” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Tier, das ausschließlich, hauptsächlich oder teilweise aus pflanzlichen Organismen seine Nahrung bezieht”.
What does Pflanzenfresser mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineherbivore, plant-eater
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tier, das ausschließlich, hauptsächlich oder teilweise aus pflanzlichen Organismen seine Nahrung bezieht
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 Pflanzenfresser
- Pflanzenfressers genitive
- Pflanzenfressern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pflanzenfresser?
- /ˈpflantsənˌfrɛsər/
- [ˈp͡flan.t͡sn̩ˌfʁɛ.sɐ]
- [ˈflan-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pflanzenfresser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pflanzenfresser in German?
Pflanzenfresser appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).