Pflegeeltern
German, noun/ˈp͡fleːɡəˌʔɛltɐn/
Pflegeeltern is spelled P-F-L-E-G-E-E-L-T-E-R-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,097th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pflegeeltern is a German noun meaning “foster parents” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Elternpaar, das ein Kind zur Betreuung und Erziehung aufgenommen hat”.
What does Pflegeeltern mean in English?
noun
- 1
foster parents
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Elternpaar, das ein Kind zur Betreuung und Erziehung aufgenommen hat
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 Pflegeeltern?
- /ˈp͡fleːɡəˌʔɛltɐn/
- [ˈp͡fleːɡəˌʔɛltɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Pflegeeltern in German?
Pflegeeltern appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).