pimp

[pɪmp]

/[pɪmp]/ verb

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The verdict

“pimp” is uncommon German (frequency #66,584 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,584
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pimpen

Corpus desk

Index DE-pimp · pimp · German

pimp · rank #66,584 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,584
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pferdchen

Nearest frequency peer: Pferdchen (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „pimp“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „pimp“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pimp
PropertyValue
Headwordpimp
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɪmp]
Letters4
Frequency rank#66,584
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „pimp“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.pimpfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pferdchen“ (#66,583), „pio“ (#66,585), „Pfadfindern“ (#66,582). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „pimp“ bei #66,584. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pimp is uncommon German at frequency #66,584 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pɪmp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pimpen".

pimp doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is pimp, spelled P-I-M-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pimpen

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pimp"?
"pimp" is spelled P-I-M-P. The IPA pronunciation is [pɪmp].
What does "pimp" mean?
As a verb, "pimp" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pimpen
How do you pronounce "pimp"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pimp" is [pɪmp]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pimp" come from?
"pimp" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pimp", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pond#66,590orca#66,564mane#66,466stem#66,726

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list