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Port

German, noun/pɔrt/

Port is spelled P-O-R-T (4 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written German, the 8,847th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Port is a German masculine noun meaning “haven (place of safety)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hafen”.

What does Port mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinehaven (place of safety)

  2. 2

    masculineobsoleteharbor, port

noun

  1. 1

    masculineshort for Portwein

noun

  1. 1

    masculineport

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

abbreviation: 1. portugiesisch

noun: 1. Hafen 2. Zufluchtsort

noun: 1. Schnittstelle, die ein peripheres Gerät mit dem Bus verbindet

noun: 1. Portwein

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 Port

  • Portes genitive
  • Ports genitive
  • Porte plural
  • Porten dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Port?

  • /pɔrt/
  • [pɔʁt]
  • [pɔɐ̯t]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Port

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Port in German?

Port appears 7.6 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).

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