Puff
German, noun[pʰʊf]
Puff is spelled P-U-F-F (4 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 18,198th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puff is a German masculine noun meaning “thud, wham; light, harmless blow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein leichter, harmloser Schlag”.
What does Puff mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinethud, wham; light, harmless blow
noun
- 1
neutera kind of dice game, anterior to backgammon
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineneuterbrothel, whorehouse, bordello
noun
- 1
archaicmasculinepuff, a bulge in drapery
- 2
masculinea kind of beanbag chair, a large cushion ball used as a seat, Sitzpuff
- 3
masculinelaundry basket, Wäschepuff
noun
- 1
masculinea chromosome puff
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein leichter, harmloser Schlag
noun: 1. Anschwellung eines Abschnittes eines Chromosoms
noun: 1. Gebäude, in dem (meist) Frauen sexuelle Dienstleistungen anbieten; Bordell
noun: 1. Brettspiel, welches heute unter dem Namen Tricktrack bekannt ist, aus dem sich Backgammon entwickelt hat
noun: 1. Wäschepuff; Behälter für verschmutzte Wäsche 2. einfache, gepolsterte Sitzgelegenheit 3. Bausch
interjection: 1. Geräusch eines dumpf klingenden, verhältnismäßig leisen Knalles (gelegentlich unter Austritt von Dampf/Rauch)
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 Puff
- Puffs genitive
- Puffes genitive
- Puffe plural
- Püffe plural
- Puffen dative definite plural
- Püffen dative definite plural
- Buf alternative
- Buff alternative
- P*ff alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Puff?
- [pʰʊf]
- [pʊf]
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Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Puff
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Puff in German?
Puff appears 3.0 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).