Ping
German, noun[pɪŋ]
Ping is spelled P-I-N-G (4 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written German, the 17,543rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ping is a German masculine noun meaning “ping” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Abfrage, ob der Netzwerkpartner erreichbar ist, aus der bei Erfolg (je nach ausführendem Kommando) die…”.
What does Ping mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineping
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Abfrage, ob der Netzwerkpartner erreichbar ist, aus der bei Erfolg (je nach ausführendem Kommando) die Paketumlaufzeit ermittelt wird
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 Ping
- Pings genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ping?
- [pɪŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ping in German?
Ping appears 3.1 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).