pfropfen
German, verb
pfropfen is spelled P-F-R-O-P-F-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 120,168th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pfropfen is a German verb meaning “to graft, engraft (insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Pfropfen is a different word: “plug; something intended to plug”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Obstbäume oder Weinreben durch ein Reis einer besseren Sorte veredeln”.
What does pfropfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to graft, engraft (insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc.)
verb
- 1
to stuff, plug
noun
- 1
masculineplug; something intended to plug
- 2
masculineplug; clot; something that happens to plug
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Obstbäume oder Weinreben durch ein Reis einer besseren Sorte veredeln
noun: 1. kleiner Gegenstand, der in den Flaschenhals eingeführt werden kann, um die Flasche zu verschließen 2. Verschluss einer Ader, Rohrleitung
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 pfropfen
- Pfropfens genitive
- Pfropf alternative uncommon
- Proppen alternative
- pfropft present singular third-person
- pfropfte past
- gepfropft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- pfropfend participle present
- pfropfe first-person indicative present
- pfropfst indicative present second-person
- pfropfest second-person singular subjunctive
- pfropfet plural second-person subjunctive
- pfropften first-person indicative plural
- pfropftest indicative preterite second-person
- pfropftet indicative plural preterite
- pfropf imperative second-person singular
- pfropf! imperative singular
- pfropfe! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pfropfen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pfropfen in German?
pfropfen appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).