Pfuscherei
German, noun/p͡fʊʃəˈʁaɪ̯/
Pfuscherei is spelled P-F-U-S-C-H-E-R-E-I (10 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 278,604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pfuscherei is a German feminine noun meaning “bungling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Handlungsweise oder Ergebnis einer solchen Handlung, die in deutlichem Maße unprofessionelle, mangelhafte…”.
What does Pfuscherei mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfeminineinformalbungling
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Handlungsweise oder Ergebnis einer solchen Handlung, die in deutlichem Maße unprofessionelle, mangelhafte (gepfuschte) Arbeitsweise aufzeigt
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 Pfuscherei
- Pfuschereien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pfuscherei?
- /p͡fʊʃəˈʁaɪ̯/
- [p͡fʊʃəˈʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pfuscherei
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pfuscherei in German?
Pfuscherei appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).