pilgern
German, verb
pilgern is spelled P-I-L-G-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,669th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pilgern is a German verb meaning “to pilgrimage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Pilgern is a different word: “dative plural of Pilger”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus religiösen Gründen eine Reise unternehmen”.
What does pilgern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pilgrimage
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Pilger
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aus religiösen Gründen eine Reise unternehmen 2. irgendwohin wandern, gehen
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 pilgern
- pilgert present singular third-person
- pilgerte past
- gepilgert participle past
- sein auxiliary
- pilgernd participle present
- pilgre first-person indicative present
- pilgere first-person indicative present
- pilger first-person indicative present
- pilgerst indicative present second-person
- pilgerest second-person singular subjunctive
- pilgrest second-person singular subjunctive
- pilgeret plural second-person subjunctive
- pilgret plural second-person subjunctive
- pilgerten first-person indicative plural
- pilgertest indicative preterite second-person
- pilgertet indicative plural preterite
- pilgere! imperative singular
- pilgert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pilgern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pilgern in German?
pilgern appears 1.7 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).