Polter
German, noun
Polter is spelled P-O-L-T-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 156,943rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polter is a German masculine noun meaning “log put in collection with other logs at the forest ready to be moved further” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, polter is a different word: “first-person singular present”.
What does Polter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelog put in collection with other logs at the forest ready to be moved further
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schlafanzug (alter Ausdruck aus dem Ruhrgebiet/Ostwestfalen/Siegerland)
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 Polter
- Polters genitive
- Poltern dative definite plural
- Pölters genitive singular
- Pöltern dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Polter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Polter in German?
Polter appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).