Puffärmel
German, noun/ˈpʊfˌʔɛʁml̩/
Puffärmel is spelled P-U-F-F-Ä-R-M-E-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written German, the 339,062nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puffärmel is a German masculine noun meaning “puffed sleeve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bauschiger Ärmel an einem Kleid oder einer Bluse”.
What does Puffärmel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepuffed sleeve
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bauschiger Ärmel an einem Kleid oder einer Bluse
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 Puffärmel
- Puffärmels genitive
- Puffärmeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Puffärmel?
- /ˈpʊfˌʔɛʁml̩/
- [ˈpʊfˌʔɛʁml̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Puffärmel in German?
Puffärmel appears about once in every 33 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).