Pin-up
[pɪnˈʔap]
The verdict
“Pin-up” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bild einer erotisch anziehenden Person, das häufig als Poster oder als Ausschnitt gestaltet ist und einem Magazin beiliegt
Corpus desk
Index DE-pin-up · Pin-up · German
Pin-up · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pin-up |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɪnˈʔap] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pin-up“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pin-up is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɪnˈʔap]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Pin-up, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Pin-up, spelled P-I-N---U-P.
Definition
- 1Bild einer erotisch anziehenden Person, das häufig als Poster oder als Ausschnitt gestaltet ist und einem Magazin beiliegt
- 2Modell, das bei der Aufnahme von Pin-ups^([1]) zum Einsatz kommt
- 3Pin-up-Girl
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pin-up appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Zimmer meines Neffen sind die Wände mit Pin-ups geradezu tapeziert.
Silvia sammelt Pin-ups mit indonesischen Männern.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.