Polster
German, noun
Polster is spelled P-O-L-S-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written German, the 18,511th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polster is a German masculine noun meaning “pad, padding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Pölster is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Polster”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kissen im Bett”.
What does Polster mean in English?
noun
- 1
Austriamasculineneuterpad, padding
- 2
Austriamasculineneuterupholstery
- 3
Austriamasculineneuterreserve, especially of a financial nature
- 4
Austriamasculineneutercushion, pillow
noun
- 1
Austrianeuternominative/accusative/genitive plural of Polster
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kissen im Bett 2. Ausstaffierung in 3. Kleidungsstücken 4. Möbelstücken
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 Polster
- Polsters genitive
- Pölster plural
- Polstern dative definite plural
- Pölstern dative definite plural
- Pölsterchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Polster
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Polster in German?
Polster appears 2.9 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).