pinter

[pɛ̃.te]

/[pɛ̃.te]/ verb

The verdict

“pinter” is uncommon German (frequency #90,729 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,729
frequency rank, German
49,534
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - saufen

Corpus desk

Index DE-pinter · pinter · German

pinter · rank #90,729 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,729
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 49,534
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pneumologie

Nearest frequency peer: Pneumologie (+2 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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “pinter”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “pinter” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for pinter
PropertyValue
Headwordpinter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɛ̃.te]
Letters6
Frequency rank#90,729
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pinter” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). pinter lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pinter is uncommon German at frequency #90,729 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pɛ̃.te]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "saufen".

Zero misspellings are on record for pinter in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is pinter, spelled P-I-N-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    saufen

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pinter"?
"pinter" is spelled P-I-N-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [pɛ̃.te].
What does "pinter" mean?
As a verb, "pinter" means: saufen
How do you pronounce "pinter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pinter" is [pɛ̃.te]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pinter" come from?
"pinter" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list