Piefke
German, noun/ˈpiːfkə/
Piefke is spelled P-I-E-F-K-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 98,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piefke is a German masculine noun meaning “show-off, stuffed shirt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Prahler, Wichtigtuer”.
What does Piefke mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoffensiveshow-off, stuffed shirt
- 2
Austriaderogatorymasculine(Northern) German
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prahler, Wichtigtuer 2. Deutscher, Norddeutscher
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 Piefke
- Piefkes genitive
- Piefken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Piefke?
- /ˈpiːfkə/
- [ˈpiːfkə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Piefke in German?
Piefke appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).