plustern
German, verb/ˈpluːstɐn/
plustern is spelled P-L-U-S-T-E-R-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written German, the 423,336th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plustern is a German verb meaning “to fluff up, puff up (principally of birds, but also cats etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Federn sträuben”.
What does plustern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fluff up, puff up (principally of birds, but also cats etc.)
- 2
to prance, boast, behave showily
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Federn sträuben
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 plustern
- plustert present singular third-person
- plusterte past
- geplustert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- plusternd participle present
- plustre first-person indicative present
- plustere first-person indicative present
- pluster first-person indicative present
- plusterst indicative present second-person
- plusterest second-person singular subjunctive
- plustrest second-person singular subjunctive
- plusteret plural second-person subjunctive
- plustret plural second-person subjunctive
- plusterten first-person indicative plural
- plustertest indicative preterite second-person
- plustertet indicative plural preterite
- pluster! imperative singular
- plustert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plustern?
- /ˈpluːstɐn/
- [ˈpluːstɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plustern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plustern in German?
plustern appears about once in every 49 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).