PS
German, noun
PS is spelled P-S (2 letters) and appears 44 times per million words in written German, the 1,929th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). PS is a German noun meaning “abbreviation of Pferdestärke (“metric horsepower”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ps is a different word: “Psalm(s)/psalm(s)”. In lower case, ps is a different word: “plural of p”.
What does PS mean in English?
noun
- 1
abbreviation of Pferdestärke (“metric horsepower”)
- 2
abbreviation of Postskriptum (“post scriptum”)
- 3
abbreviation of Proseminar (“proseminar”)
- 4
abbreviation of Personenstunde (“man-hour”)
- 5
abbreviation of Personenschaden (“personal injury”)
- 6
abbreviation of Persönlichkeitsstörung (“personality disorder”)
noun
- 1
Psalm(s)/psalm(s)
noun
- 1
plural of p
noun
- 1
plural of P
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Pferdestärke (veraltete Einheit der Leistung) 2. Postskriptum 3. für Polystyrol
abbreviation: 1. Psalm ( Ps⁽ᴵⁿᶠᵒ⁾), Teil des biblischen Psalters (Buch der Psalmen) – gefolgt von der Nummer und eventuell der Versangabe 2. Durparallele der Mollsubdominante; kleine Terz über der Mollsubdominante
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 PS
- Ps. alternative
- P.S. alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to PS
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is PS in German?
PS appears 44 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).