pimpen
German, verb[ˈpɪmpn̩]
pimpen is spelled P-I-M-P-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 219,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pimpen is a German verb meaning “to pimp (to customise excessively)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch kleine Veränderungen/Verbesserungen die Wirkung von etwas erhöhen, etwas interessanter/besser machen”.
What does pimpen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto pimp (to customise excessively)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch kleine Veränderungen/Verbesserungen die Wirkung von etwas erhöhen, etwas interessanter/besser machen
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 pimpen
- pimpt present singular third-person
- pimpte past
- gepimpt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- pimpend participle present
- pimpe first-person indicative present
- pimpst indicative present second-person
- pimpest second-person singular subjunctive
- pimpet plural second-person subjunctive
- pimpten first-person indicative plural
- pimptest indicative preterite second-person
- pimptet indicative plural preterite
- pimp imperative second-person singular
- habe gepimpt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gepimpt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- pimp! imperative singular
- pimpe! imperative singular
- pimpt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pimpen?
- [ˈpɪmpn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pimpen in German?
pimpen appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).