power
German, adjective
power is spelled P-O-W-E-R (5 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written German, the 4,201st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Power is a German adjective meaning “poor, miserable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a singular imperative of powern. With a capital, Power is a different word: “strength, energy, physical power”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “arm, dürftig”.
What does power mean in English?
adjective
- 1
informalpoor, miserable
verb
- 1
singular imperative of powern
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of powern
noun
- 1
feminineinformalstrength, energy, physical power
- 2
femininepower
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. arm, dürftig
noun: 1. Energie, Kraft, Stärke 2. Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass bei einem statistischen Test die Alternativhypothese bestätigt bzw. die Nullhypothese abgelehnt wird
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 power
- powerer masculine nominative singular
- am powersten superlative
- powere feminine nominative singular
- poweres neuter nominative singular
- poweren genitive masculine singular
- powerem dative masculine singular
- der powere definite includes-article masculine
- die powere definite feminine includes-article
- das powere definite includes-article neuter
- die poweren definite includes-article nominative
- des poweren definite genitive includes-article
- der poweren definite feminine genitive
- dem poweren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is power in German?
power appears 19 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).