PKW
German, noun
PKW is spelled P-K-W (3 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written German, the 3,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). PKW is a German masculine noun meaning “abbreviation of Personenkraftwagen (“passenger car”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Pkw is a different word: “alternative spelling of PKW”.
What does PKW mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineabbreviation of Personenkraftwagen (“passenger car”)
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of PKW
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Personenkraftwagen 2. Postkraftwagen
abbreviation: 1. Personenkraftwagen
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 PKW
- PKWs genitive
- Pkw alternative
- Pkws genitive
- PKW alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to PKW
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is PKW in German?
PKW appears 23 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).