Pips
German, noun/pɪps/
Pips is spelled P-I-P-S (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 85,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pips is a German masculine noun meaning “pip (bird disease)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “„krankhafter Belag auf der Zunge … beim Geflügel“”.
What does Pips mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepip (bird disease)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. „krankhafter Belag auf der Zunge … beim Geflügel“ 2. umgangssprachlich in der Redewendung den/einen Pips haben/bekommen/sich holen für Erkältung
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 Pips
- Pipses genitive
- Pfips alternative obsolete
- Pfipps alternative obsolete
- Pfipfs alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pips?
- /pɪps/
- [pɪps]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pips
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pips in German?
Pips appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).