Piedestal
German, noun[pi̯edɛsˈtaːl]
Piedestal is spelled P-I-E-D-E-S-T-A-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 330,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piedestal is a German neuter noun meaning “pedestal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sockel, Podest”.
What does Piedestal mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterpedestal
- 2
neutercircus platform
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sockel, Podest 2. höheres Gestell mit schräg nach außen stehenden Beinen, das für Vorführungen (insbesondere mit Tieren) im Zirkus genutzt wird
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 Piedestal
- Piedestals genitive
- Piedestale plural
- Piedestalen dative definite plural
- Piedestales genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Piedestal?
- [pi̯edɛsˈtaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Piedestal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Piedestal in German?
Piedestal appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).