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Pilz

German, noun/pɪl(t)s/

Pilz is spelled P-I-L-Z (4 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written German, the 9,876th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pilz is a German masculine noun meaning “mushroom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus schlauchförmigen Fäden bestehender Organismus ohne Blattgrün (Reich Fungi); hat sowohl tierische als auch…”.

What does Pilz mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemushroom

  2. 2

    masculinefungus

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. aus schlauchförmigen Fäden bestehender Organismus ohne Blattgrün (Reich Fungi); hat sowohl tierische als auch pflanzliche Eigenschaften 2. oberirdisch wachsendes Teil eines Pilzes^([1]) aus fleischigem Stiel und Hut 3. halluzinogene Pilze

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 Pilz

  • Pilzes genitive
  • Pilze plural
  • Pilzen dative definite plural
  • Bilz alternative obsolete
  • Bülz alternative obsolete
  • Pülz alternative obsolete

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Pilz?

  • /pɪl(t)s/
  • [pɪlts]
  • Germany [pɪls]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Pilz

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Pilz in German?

Pilz appears 6.6 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).

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