Pier
German, noun/piːr/
Pier is spelled P-I-E-R (4 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 19,862nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pier is a German feminine noun meaning “pier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “massiver Hafendamm, der zum Anlegen von Schiffen dient”.
What does Pier mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepier
noun
- 1
masculinelugworm, sandworm
- 2
informalmasculinesynonym of Regenwurm (“earthworm”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. massiver Hafendamm, der zum Anlegen von Schiffen dient
noun: 1. Köderwurm
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 Pier
- Piers genitive
- Pieres genitive
- Piere plural
- Pieren plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pier?
- /piːr/
- [pi(ː)ɐ̯]
- [piːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pier in German?
Pier appears 2.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).