Pilgerin
[ˈpɪlɡəʁɪn]
The verdict
“Pilgerin” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die aus religiösen Gründen zu heiligen Orten reist
Corpus desk
Index DE-pilgerin · Pilgerin · German
Pilgerin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pilgerin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɪlɡəʁɪn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pilgerin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pilgerin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɪlɡəʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person, die aus religiösen Gründen zu heiligen Orten reist".
Pilgerin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Pilgerin, spelled P-I-L-G-E-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1weibliche Person, die aus religiösen Gründen zu heiligen Orten reist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pilgerin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nur die russischen Pilgerinnen erkannte man schon von weitem an ihren frommen Kopftüchern.“
„Neben uns hocken mehrere Pilgerinnen im Kreis, in ihrer Mitte liegt ein Junge mit Krücken.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.