Plusquamperfekt
German, noun/ˈplʊskvamˌpɛʁfɛkt/
Plusquamperfekt is spelled P-L-U-S-Q-U-A-M-P-E-R-F-E-K-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 127,251st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plusquamperfekt is a German neuter noun meaning “pluperfect tense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eines der Tempora, das ein Geschehen zeitlich vor einem anderen, vergangenen Geschehen einordnet”.
What does Plusquamperfekt mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterpluperfect tense
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eines der Tempora, das ein Geschehen zeitlich vor einem anderen, vergangenen Geschehen einordnet
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 Plusquamperfekt
- Plusquamperfekts genitive
- Plusquamperfekte plural
- Plusquamperfekten dative definite plural
- PQP abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Plusquamperfekt?
- /ˈplʊskvamˌpɛʁfɛkt/
- [ˈplʊskvampɛʁˌfɛkt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Plusquamperfekt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Plusquamperfekt in German?
Plusquamperfekt appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).