Pinsel
German, noun/ˈpɪnzl̩/
Pinsel is spelled P-I-N-S-E-L (6 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 16,125th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pinsel is a German masculine noun meaning “paintbrush” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gegenstand zum dosierten Auftragen von zum Beispiel Flüssigkeiten”.
What does Pinsel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepaintbrush
- 2
masculineshort form of Einfaltspinsel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gegenstand zum dosierten Auftragen von zum Beispiel Flüssigkeiten 2. einfältiger, dummer Mensch
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 Pinsel
- Pinsels genitive
- Pinseln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pinsel?
- /ˈpɪnzl̩/
- [ˈpɪnzl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pinsel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pinsel in German?
Pinsel appears 3.5 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).