Pidgin
German, noun/ˈpɪd͡ʒɪn/
Pidgin is spelled P-I-D-G-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 138,538th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pidgin is a German neuter noun meaning “pidgin (amalgamation of two languages that has no native speakers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sprachform/Mischsprache mit stark vereinfachter Grammatik und eingeschränktem Wortschatz, die bei Sprechern…”.
What does Pidgin mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterpidgin (amalgamation of two languages that has no native speakers)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sprachform/Mischsprache mit stark vereinfachter Grammatik und eingeschränktem Wortschatz, die bei Sprechern mit verschiedenen Muttersprachen ein notwendiges Minimum an Verständigung ermöglicht
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 Pidgin
- Pidgins genitive
- (das) Pidgin nominative singular
- die Pidgins nominative plural
- des Pidgin genitive singular
- des Pidgins genitive singular
- der Pidgins genitive plural
- (dem) Pidgin dative singular
- den Pidgins dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pidgin?
- /ˈpɪd͡ʒɪn/
- [ˈpɪd͡ʒɪn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pidgin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pidgin in German?
Pidgin appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).