Pils
German, noun/pɪls/
Pils is spelled P-I-L-S (4 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,235th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pils is a German neuter noun meaning “pilsner beer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kurz für „Bier nach Pilsener Brauart“, ein untergäriges Bier mit erhöhtem Hopfengehalt”.
What does Pils mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterpilsner beer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kurz für „Bier nach Pilsener Brauart“, ein untergäriges Bier mit erhöhtem Hopfengehalt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Pils?
- /pɪls/
- [pɪls]
- [pɪlts]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pils
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pils in German?
Pils 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).