pfui Teufel

[p͡fʊɪ̯ ˈtɔɪ̯fl̩]

/[p͡fʊɪ̯ ˈtɔɪ̯fl̩]/ phrase

The verdict

“pfui Teufel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ausruf des Ekels, der Abscheu, der Verachtung, der Empörung, der Missbilligung, des Missfallens und des Hohns

Corpus desk

Index DE-pfui-teufel · pfui Teufel · German

pfui Teufel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for pfui Teufel
PropertyValue
Headwordpfui Teufel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[p͡fʊɪ̯ ˈtɔɪ̯fl̩]
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pfui Teufel” sits in German frequency

pfui Teufelfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pfui Teufel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [p͡fʊɪ̯ ˈtɔɪ̯fl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ausruf des Ekels, der Abscheu, der Verachtung, der Empörung, der Missbilligung, des Missfallens und des Hohns".

No generated misspelling entries exist for pfui Teufel in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is pfui Teufel, spelled P-F-U-I- -T-E-U-F-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ausruf des Ekels, der Abscheu, der Verachtung, der Empörung, der Missbilligung, des Missfallens und des Hohns

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pfui Teufel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Pfui Teufel! Wenn Sie Ihren Hund schon hier ausführen müssen, dann benutzen Sie bitte auch eine Tüte für die Hinterlassenschaften desselben.“
  2. „Pfui! Teufel! Die Toilette verlässt man doch so, wie man sie vorzufinden wünscht.“

Synonyms

pfuipfui Deibelpfui Spinnepfui Kuckuckähäksbähiigittigittigitt

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pfui Teufel"?
"pfui Teufel" is spelled P-F-U-I- -T-E-U-F-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [p͡fʊɪ̯ ˈtɔɪ̯fl̩].
What does "pfui Teufel" mean?
As a phrase, "pfui Teufel" means: Ausruf des Ekels, der Abscheu, der Verachtung, der Empörung, der Missbilligung, des Missfallens und des Hohns
How do you pronounce "pfui Teufel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pfui Teufel" is [p͡fʊɪ̯ ˈtɔɪ̯fl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pfui Teufel" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list