Plaid
German, noun[plɛɪ̯t]
Plaid is spelled P-L-A-I-D (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 115,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plaid is a German masculine noun meaning “blanket (with tartan pattern)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Decke für die Reise”.
What does Plaid mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterblanket (with tartan pattern)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Decke für die Reise 2. großer Umhang
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 Plaid
- Plaids genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Plaid?
- [plɛɪ̯t]
- [pleːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Plaid
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Plaid in German?
Plaid appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).